This boar's tusk necklace comes from Sudest Island in the Massim region of Papua New Guinea. Called bagi, these necklaces were used for bride price. This one has a beautifully curled boar’s tusk attached to a string of spondylus shell discs. As a counterweight in the back, a white ovula shell hangs with black seed pods and two iridescent pieces of golden-lip kina shell. It measures 21” in length. Mid-20th century. #2226  SOLD