Solomon Islands Currency Shell Bangles from 1950s
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Four old Solomon Islands currency shell bangles, circular form, of polished clam shell. Approx. Diameter 10 cm. Note: These shell items were used as a medium of currency exchange/money. Provenance: Collected by Jessie Grant c.1950s when she was stationed in the Solomon Islands as a nurse. Two reprint photos from photographic slides show Grant with four local hospital staff 'Sasamuqa' and 'Our new house Sasamuqa. Japs machine gunned and stripped the old one...'. Dated 1952 to 1956.
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