Traditional beads

• Ethnic affiliation: indigenous inhabitants of the Solomon Islands
• Place of creation: Solomon Islands
• Geographic location of place of creation: Solomon Islands
• Material: plant-based
• Technique: handmade production, weaving
• Size: length – 25 cm in length when folded
• Date of creation: 2011
• Collector: private individual Pale Sofiya Evgenyevna (1976-2024)
• Usage period: 2010s
• Use: ornament
• Condition: good
• Keywords: Solomon Islands, peoples of Australia and Oceania, Melanesians, indigenous inhabitants of the Solomon Islands

These beads and the bracelet were in use: they were worn by a representative of the indigenous population of the Solomon Islands, who took them off for 10$, graciously responding to a request from a Russian tourist to sell them to him. These beads retain a persistent scent of the body of the local resident, whose skin was traditionally rubbed with aromatic oils extracted from plants.