Watch List notes:

ETHNOGRAPHIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Santa Isabel, bakhia necklace (302g), Opitz p.29, breast ornament consisting of a shell ring (94mm) made from a tridacna shell, attached to a woven neckband and surrounded by 3 rings of shell beads and further attached to 7 strings of coconut shell beads, each ending in a shell pendant, only worn by chiefs and considered very valuable, used for purchasing land and resolving conflicts between tribes, VF-EF, R, ex Charles Opitz Collection.

Estimate: 250-350 USD