Object

Accession No

Z 7550

Description

Ornament - Card 1: 'KIRKUB. Group 2 "short & fusiform", but flattened as in group 4; made of EZ ER (Helo diaderna).'
Card 2: 'Polished shell, probably Melo (ezer) shell, short fusiform type, but more flattened than usual.'
Put through perforation in nasal septum for decoration

Place

Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer

Period

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

Z 7550; MAA: Z 7550; OH 32

Cultural Affliation

Material

Shell; ?Tridacna Shell; ?Melo Shell

Local Term

Kirkup

Measurements

Events

Context (CMS Context)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums. Cf. HM.12.113, Mer, 1889, stored in the Horniman Museum collection. (A catalogue card for this piece is filed in the catalogueroom; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: IX
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'KIRKUB. Group 2 "short & fusiform", but flattened as in group 4; made of EZ ER (Helo diaderna).'
Card 2: 'Polished shell, probably Melo (ezer) shell, short fusiform type, but more flattened than usual.'
Put through perforation in nasal septum for decoration
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

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