Stone, Bone Bracelet

Brought from Asia by a geographer, Marino, Don Gonzalo de Murga y Mugartegui, geographer and collector of curiosities whom he carried on his travels around the world. Author of several treatises on nautical routes. When I sailed circa 1880 in the area of New Guinea. Made with cut cowrie shells strung together, combined with dark coral stone; all the textile is fiber, probably hemp fiber and another similar material.