TRUMAN CAPOTE'S KUKUI NUT LEI AND EVIL EYE AMULET NECKLACE
Lei of polished kukui nuts, each knotted separately onto cord, together with a beaded amulet necklace strung with bone or shell discs, butterscotch colored discs, a long blue glass tube bead and a carved bird, hung with a blue glass evil eye disc.
Approx. Dimensions: longest 36 "circumference
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: kukui nut lei, hawaiian lei, candlenut, evil eye, nazar amulet, amulet necklace, folk jewelry, tribal necklace, trade beads, ethnographic jewelry, truman capote, sagaponack
Lei of polished kukui nuts, each knotted separately onto cord, together with a beaded amulet necklace strung with bone or shell discs, butterscotch colored discs, a long blue glass tube bead and a carved bird, hung with a blue glass evil eye disc.
Approx. Dimensions: longest 36 "circumference
Artist or Maker: Unknown
Provenance: Truman Capote; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: kukui nut lei, hawaiian lei, candlenut, evil eye, nazar amulet, amulet necklace, folk jewelry, tribal necklace, trade beads, ethnographic jewelry, truman capote, sagaponack
