Accession No

Z 175


Description

Bamboo box containing cosmetic.


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Eddystone


Period


Source

Rivers Collection; Rivers, William Halse Rivers (Dr) [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 175; MAA: Z 175; R 1618


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bamboo; Pigment


Local Term

Ndarala; Ndevala [from old display label]


Measurements

36mm x 40mm x 36mm


Events

Context (Display)
An old display label found in the archives (OA2/1/13) reads: ‘Z175 / SMALL BAMBOO TUBE OF / COSMETICS'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Display)
An old display label found in the archives (OA2/1/13) reads: ‘'NDEVALA' / Pigment for / blacking teeth / Z 175 SIMBO'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers.
Event Date 4/1/2012
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Bamboo box containing cosmetic.
Event Date 4/1/2012
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 175 Simbo N. Georgia ['N. Georgia' crossed out in black ink] Ndavala [underlined] Small bamboo box of cosmetic! Rivers' Colln.' [Label attached to the card handwritten in black ink: 'Simbo R 1618 Ndavala'; red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]

'Z 175' written on object in black ink. [Heather Donoghue 11.06.2012]
Event Date 12/3/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (CMS Description)
Circular container formed from a small section of bamboo with an opening down one side measuring 0.5 cm. The bamboo is plugged at the base by a circular piece of wood. Several lines are incised down one side and the container is filled with a grey-brown pigment. [Heather Donoghue 11.06.2012]
Event Date 12/3/2013
Author: maa


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