Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
La'oniasi (Pendants)

CultureKwaio people
Titles
  • La'oniasi (Pendants)
Date1900–1940
PlaceCentral Malaita Island, Solomon Islands
MediumTridacna shell, black pigment, and plant fiber
Dimensions14 1/2 × 2 3/16 × 3/16 in. (36.8 × 5.5 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mary Anne Varner Memorial Fund
Object number96.945
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
On view

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ProvenanceHenry Krips, Adelaide, Australia, by 1988; [Galleries Primitif, Sydney, Australia, by 1988]; [James Pongrass, Oceanic Arts, North Olmsted, Ohio, 1988–1996]; purchased by MFAH, 1996.

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