Accession No
Z 164 B
Description
Tridacna shell adze, smoothed on both sides with the wavy banding of the shell exterior visible on one side.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Eddystone
Period
Source
Rivers Collection; Rivers, William Halse Rivers (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 164 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Takiru
Measurements
95mm x 184mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers.
Z 164 B one of 9 objects Z 164 A-I. Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 164. a-i. Simbo 9 shell adze blades (Giant Clam) Rivers' Colln.' [Red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]
Event Date 7/3/2013
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Tridacna shell adze, smoothed on both sides with the wavy banding of the shell exterior visible on one side. The shape is subtriangular in plan view with a rectangular cross-section. [Heather Donoghue 13.06.2012]
Event Date 7/3/2013
Author: maa
FM:36603
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