Watch List notes:

PHILIPPINES: mother of pearl shell necklace, made of five etched shell rectangles attached to a woven neck band, made by the Ifugao tribe, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. The Ifugao are an Austronesian people inhabiting the mountainous area of northern Luzon. Driven by the Spanish invasion during the 17th and 18th centuries, they settled in the Cordillera Mountains, where they built extensive terrace farms and developed a complex culture around wet-rice agriculture.

Estimate: 200-300 USD