Superb and rare tikam belt ornament decorated with a double frieze engraved with the same motif repeating in negative on the mother-of-pearl. See in Philippines-Archipelago of Exchanges Ed. Actes Sud-Musée du Quai Branly, n° 131 page 204 for a comparable example (70.2001.27.832). Bontoc, North of Luzon, Mountain Province, Philippines Mother-of-pearl from a large shell pierced in two places, wood, cotton cord and old glass beads, very nice patina. H. : 19,5 L. 21 cm Provenance : J.M. Huguenin - Galerie Majestic, Paris, 1980.