RARE LARGE MORTLOCK ISLAND SATAWAN ATOLL CORAL & COWRY NECKLACE 63 GRAMS 28 INCH

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RARE LARGE MORTLOCK ISLAND SATAWAN ATOLL CORAL & COWRY NECKLACE 63 GRAMS 28 INCH:
$428.00

EXTRA RARE LARGE MORTLOCK ISLAND SATAWAN ATOLL CORAL & COWRY NECKLACE 63 GRAMS 28 INCHES LONG CAROLINE ISLANDS MICRONESIA EXCELLENT CONDITION / CIRCA 1960 / VERY HARD TO FIND MORTLOCK ISLAND CORAL NECKLACE / DENSELY THREADED (Compact) ...This coral could make several necklaces ! ... / HAND STRUNG IN MICRONESIA / ...Satawan Atoll consists of 4 primary islands--of which the largest are Satawan and Ta on the southeast side--and a scattering of smaller islets surrounding a large lagoon. Lukunor and Etal Atolls lie to the north. Satawan has a total land area of 1.8 square miles and supports 2,935 people, who speak the Mortlockese language (closely related to Chuukese). The majority of the inhabitants live on Satawan Island, a short walk at low tide from Ta... / TOTAL WEIGHT= 62.8 GRAMS / NECKLACE MEASURES 28 INCHES LONG / MORTLOCK ISLAND ATOLL WHITE CORAL MEDALIONS MEASURE 11-13mm (Variable) / MONEY COWRY SHELLS MEASURE 12-15mm (Variable) / ENTIRE STRAND IS HELD ON AN OLD NYLON FISHING LINE / PLEASE SEE 12 PHOTOGRAPHS ABOVE / EXCELLENT CONDITION / FREE PRIORITY CLASS SHIPPING WITH TRACKING INCLUDED.CAROLINE ISLANDSThe Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia in the Eastern part of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end. Historically, this area was also called Nuevas Filipinas or New Philippines as they were part of the Spanish East Indies and governed from Manila in the Philippines. The group consists of about 500 small coral islands, east of the Philippines, in the Pacific Ocean; the distance from Manila to Yap, one of the larger islands of the group, is 1,200 miles (1,900 km).Most of the islands comprise low, flat coral atolls, but some rise high above sea level......//////...PEOPLE & CULTURE...The native inhabitants speak a variety of Micronesian languages including Pohnpeian, Chuukese, Carolinian, Yapese, and Kosraean, as well as the Western Malayo-Polynesian language Palauan. Other significant populations include Filipinos and Japanese. The natives live mainly on horticulture and fishing, also supplementing their diet with many different varieties of bananas and taro, either of the \"swamp\" or \"purple\" varieties. On some islands housing continues to be built with local materials including coconut thatch. The language spoken in commerce is English, but there are several indigenous languages. They traditionally believe in a Supreme Being (Yalafar) and in a bad spirit (Can), yet they have hardly any religious rites. Due to extensive missionary work, Christianity is the primary religion practiced in this region of Micronesia. Master Micronesian Navigator Mau Piailug was from the Carolinian island of Satawal. He learned the traditional navigation techniques of the Weriyeng school. These techniques had been preserved while similar techniques had been forgotten elsewhere partly due to the remoteness of the Carolinian Islands. In the 1970s Mau shared his knowledge with the Polynesian Voyaging Society which led to a revival of traditional Polynesian navigation and a new anthropological understanding of the history of Polynesian and Micronesian peoples. In 1985 a study was made on the origin of the sidereal compass used in the Caroline islands and island groups in the Carolines passed down unique and variant oral legends recounting the origins and early histories of their peoples. On Pohnpei, for example, pre-colonial history is divided into three eras: Mwehin Kawa or Mwehin Aramas (Period of Building, or Period of Peopling, before ca. 1100); Mwehin Sau Deleur (Period of the Lord of Deleur, ca. 1100 to ca. 1628);[note 1] and Mwehin Nahnmwarki (Period of the Nahnmwarki, ca. 1628 to ca. 1885). Pohnpeian legend recounts that the Saudeleur rulers, the first to bring government to Pohnpei, were of foreign origin. The Saudeleur centralized form of absolute rule is characterized in Pohnpeian legend as becoming increasingly oppressive over several generations. Arbitrary and onerous demands, as well as a reputation for offending Pohnpeian deities, sowed resentment among Pohnpeians. The Saudeleur Dynasty ended with the invasion of Isokelekel, another semi-mythical foreigner, who replaced the Saudeleur rule with the more decentralized nahnmwarki system in existence today......//////...SPANISH COLONY...From the Moluccas (via Celebes), and carried eastward by a storm, Portuguese navigators Diogo da Rocha and Gomes de Sequeira reached several islands of the Carolines in mid-1525, staying there until January 20, 1526. The Spanish explorers Toribio Alonso de Salazar and Diego de Saavedra arrived on August 22 of 1526, sighting the Island of San Bartolomé or Taongui. On 1 January 1528 the discoverer Álvaro de Saavedra took possession of the Uluti Islands on behalf of the King of Spain. Spanish explorers visited the archipelago in 1542 (Matelotes Islands), 1543, 1545 and in 1565 (the latter by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi).The islands were known as Islas de las Hermanas, Hombres Pintados and Los Jardines, but news was lost of them until Francisco de Lezcano in 1686 came to Yap and called the islands Las Carolinas, in honor of King Carlos II of Spain. The name was extended to include the Palau Islands and the archipelagos which were named the Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands by British explorers who visited them between 1788 and 1799. The colonization of the Caroline Islands had, as in most of the Spanish companies, a marked religious character. A royal decree of October 19, 1707 granted authorization for the sending of missionaries in several expeditions to the islands. One such expedition was made by the father Cantova, who was killed. As a result, until 1787, Spain ceased relations with the Caroline Islands. Relations were resumed later, but with a distinctly commercial character. In 1852, the Spanish colonel Coello suggested to the Spanish government that the effective occupation of the Caroline Islands provided trade advantages between the Philippines and Australia, New Guinea and the Americas, but Spain ignored his suggestions until 1885. In that year, the Spanish representative Butron and the kings of Koror and Artingal signed an act which recognized the sovereignty of the king of Spain on the Carolines. Once the territory was secured, Spain attempted to establish custom duties in the region in 1875, but Germany and the United Kingdom protested because the previous abandonment of the islands by Spain allowed the arrival of German and British missions on the islands. A conflict arose, leading to the submission of these facts for arbitration by the Pope Leon XIII, who recognized Spanish rights on the islands west of the 164th meridian east; Germany was assigned the Marshall Islands and the right to maintain a naval station in one of the Caroline Islands, a right that Germany never used. After the Spanish American War of 1898, the Carolines and Marianas were sold to Germany in 1899 in the German Spanish Treaty (1899) for 25 million pesetas or 17 million goldmark (nearly 1,000,000 pounds sterling) in 1899, while reserving Spain the right to establish a coal mine in the area. Germany administered them as Karolinen, administratively associated with German New Guinea......//////...JAPANESE COLONY...Japan invaded and occupied the islands in 1914, during World War I. This occupation was carried out by two naval squadrons: the Western Carolines under the squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Matsumura Tatsuo (1868-1932), and the Eastern Carolines under Vice-Admiral Yamaya Tanin (1866-1940). In 1920, after the conclusion of World War I, Japan received a League of Nations mandate over the Caroline and Marshall Islands. During World War II, Japan had a large base set up at Truk Lagoon which was used for expansion into the southEastern Pacific. In the latter years of the war, during the Japanese withdrawal to the Japanese home islands, the Allies effectively neutralized Truk in Operation Hailstone. After the war, the islands (together with the Marshall Islands) became trust territories of the United States, with the Federated States of Micronesia gaining independence in 1986, followed by Palau in 1994.BUY-IT-NOW PAYPAL ONLYIMPORTANT NOTE: PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS AND offer ACCORDINGLY AS THE ITEMS I LIST ARE SOMETIMES OLD AND UNUSUAL AND THERE WILL BE RANDOM FLAWS OR UNKNOWN MARKS AT TIMES SO IF YOU ARE THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WANTS FLAWLESS ITEMS AND LIKES TO RETURN OR EXCHANGE ITEMS FOR ANY REASON INCLUDING BUYERS REMORSE THEN THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE sale FOR YOU...LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS...I TOOK PLENTY OF THEM. I PURCHASE MANY ITEMS AT ESTATE SALES AS I MAY NOT KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ITEM AS I AM NOT THE MANUFACTURER OF MANY OF THE ITEMS I OFFER FOR SALE SO PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE ITEMS FROM ME IF YOU THINK YOU MAY NEED TO RETURN THE ITEM.ALL ITEMS PURCHASED ARE SHIPPED ALMOST THE SAME DAY EXCEPT WEEKENDS & HOLIDAYS...FOR SUPER FAST DELIVERY !...WOW !I AM ONLY TAKING PAYPAL ON THIS sale...THIS IS A BUY-IT-NOW sale...PLEASE PAY IMMEDIATELY AFTER YOU CLOSE THE sale / PAY ONLY $428.00 Shipping And Handling is INCLUDED CONDITION~PLEASE SEE MY PHOTOGRAPHS for the Details~ This will make An Excellent Addition to PAYS ONLY $428.00 TOTAL...Shipping and Handling in The United States Is INCLUDED FREE in the Total amount of $428.00 TOTAL Sent U.S.P.S. 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