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Ancient Shell Bracelet

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:35.00 USD Estimated At:50.00 - 70.00 USD
Ancient Shell Bracelet
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
Even larger than 055, it was broken and glued back together….this huge example was likely for a male aristocrat of that society. Almost 3" I.D. it may have been broken in a fight of fall-down during drunken ceremonial activities…..since such a hard and tough shell is Difficult to break ((<:). Rice wine and coconut wine (Tuba) have been used in the Philippines for millenia.