Specifications

• Height: 7,5 cm
• Material: clamshell
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: töla gasa
• Price realised: € 1.178,-

Provenance

Publications

Ref.Gronert a.o. )1990′, Nias Tribal Tresures, 276-278

Additional information

It appears that these armlets, bangles came in various sizes; most of these were executed in tridacna gigas shell and the larger tubular ones with a central horizontal ridge were fashioned out of wood. In the last case they may be covered in a gold sheet wrapping.