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A monumental amfat or chiefly arm-band carved in one piece as a striated cylinder. Lihir Island, New Irland, PNG, Melanesia. Tridacne giga (Giant Clam). 19th/20th centuries or earlier. Collected in the field by Gov. Hahl circa 1900, with the original lable. Ex coll: Van den Abbeele, Bruxelles. 9.5 X 9.5 cm. |