bracelet

Description:

Shells and coloured beads bracelet. The bracelet band is comprised of four rows of shells (cowrie?) that are decorated along the centre with paired and stringed beads in ‘tear-drop’ shapes made up of yellow, red, green and blue beads on a base of red and black beads. There are 12 ‘tear-drop’ pairs and 24 in total. The two sides along the length of the band are also decorated with ‘tear-drop’ shapes in black, white and blue beads on a base of ...

Display date:

Made: 1977-1980; Time period: seventies; Acquired: 26 May 2014

Location:

Pacific

Collections:

Auckland Museum Collections Online

Content partner:

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira

Availability:

Not specified