La'oniasi pendant
- Description:
- La'oniasi, incised clamshell pendant, with design of two frigate birds. The shell is ground on a stone,the design is cut with teeth or flint, then stained with black putty nut, or ashes or dye from a tree berry. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This digital image is a surrogate of an i... MelanesiaSolomon IslandsOceaniaPacific IslandsMalaita (Solomon Islands)
- Display date:
- September 1979
- Location:
- Solomon Islands
- Format:
- image
- Collections:
- Digital Public Library of America
- Contributors:
- UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
- Content partner:
- UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
- Availability:
- Not specified
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