Context (Display)
Previously on display 'The Ordered Bead' 707 top drawer
Event Date
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (CMS Context)
Object is a tridacna clam shell nose ornament with 'W. Torres Strs' written on he object in pencil. Located in the Beck Bead cabinet in July 2007 with two glass copies of nose shell ornaments. The two glass ornaments were accessioned as 2007.334 A-B. It is likely they were arranged and displayed on the card with 1925.672 as noted on the catalogue card 'Card of glass "shell" ornaments made in Austria & exported to the Pacific'. R.Hand 2014/10/7
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Original database entry and catalogue cards reads as follows:
" Card of glass " shell" ornaments made in Austria and exported to the Pacific."
But on sight of the object this looks like a tusk, but label reads: ' real shell' , and ' New Guinea' and in pencil on the object is ' W. Torres Sts' .
Event Date 11/6/1992
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
The label described which read ' real shell' , and ' New Guinea' is missing
Event Date 7/10/2014
Author: Rachel Hand