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Inro or medicine case of gold lacquered wood, with four compartments, irises in relief with flowers inlaid in pearl shell: Japan, by Koma Yasutomi, 19th century
Charango or lute, with eight gut strings, back of armadillo skin, and front and arm of figured wood and pearl shell: South America, Bolivia, Camargo, Cuchu-pucra, Quichua, late 19th century
Necklace or assemblage of pearl shell oblongs, beads, small disks of shell and hard stones, black clay beads, and square copper shells or possibly bells, at least partially restrung strung on modern thread: South America, Peru, possibly Chancay
Fish-hook with pearl shell shank, bone barb, twisted bast lashings and white feather beard: Polynesian, Tuvalu
Fish-hook with pearl shell shank, bone barb, twisted bast lashings and white feather beard: Polynesian, Tuvalu
Fish-hook with shank of rough pearl shell, long barb of trimmed pearl shell lashed on with sinnet, and hackle of frayed out pandanus fibre: Micronesian, Marshall Islands
Fish-hook with shank of rough pearl shell and hook also of pearl shell lashed with twine, made for tourists: Micronesian, Marshall Islands
Fish-hook with shank of rough pearl shell and hook also of pearl shell lashed with twine, made for tourists: Micronesian, Marshall Islands
Fish-hook with shank of pearl shell, barb of turtle shell lashed on, lure of white feathers attached, and long line of plaited sinnet: Polynesian, Tonga
Fish-hook, barb of turtle shell lashed on bone shank backed with pearl shell, lure of fibre tuft, with part of stout plaited line attached, collected by Captain Cook on last voyage: Pacific Peoples, Tonga, 1776 - 1779
Breast ornament, nearly circular, consisting of pearl shell inlaid in sperm whale ivory with stars and bordered with segments of the same material, worn by high-ranking men: Pacific Peoples, Fiji
Headdress of cane and barkcloth ornamented with feathers and discs of pearl shell: Polynesian, Austral Islands, Tubuai Islands, Rurutu Island
Coconut scraper or rana of wood, pearlshell and sinnet: Polynesian, from the Cook Islands, Rarotonga style, by Don Melvin and Maki Aratangi of the Island Craft Workshop, 1983