Context (Amendments / updates)
Research: Uninitialled note, probably by Colonel Hayter By Hayter.Colonel On - These shells are highly valued as ornaments, mostly worn by the men, in general use all over Viti Levu. They are imitated in ivory (said to be of whales tooth) especially in the mountains
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Field collection)
Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ? 1875
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
These shells are highly valued as ornaments, mostly worn by the men, in general use all over Viti Levu. They are imitated in ivory (said to be of whales tooth) especially in the mountains
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Cowrie shell neck Ornament. Large, attached to four lengths of plaited fibre
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [Stamped:] 'Z 2709 Fiji' [typed:] 'Viti Levu. Shells, Cowrie, large, 2 in number, a & b. These shells are highly valued as ornaments, mostly worn by the men, in general use all over viti Levu. They are imitated in ivory (said to be of whales tooth) especially in the mountains.' [handwritten in blue ink:] 'The 2 shells are attached to 4 lengths of plaited fibre'. [stamped in dark blue ink:] THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] SHOW CASE NUMBER 1'. [handwritten in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/228'. [stamped in black ink:] CUMAA 14 JUN 1988 TRANSCRIBED]. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [handwritten in black ink:] ' Z 2709. Viti Levu. Shells, Cowrie, large, 2 in number, a + b. "These shells are highly valued as ornaments, mostly worn by the men, in general use all over Viti Levu. They are imitated in ivory (said to be of whales tooth), especially in the mountains. Show Case number 1.' [handwritten in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/228'.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Necklace. The cord formed of two strands of plaited (three ply) black vegetable fibre. The pendant made of two large white cowrie shell pierced and attached to the neck cord (one now detached) with dyed (deep red) hibiscus fibre. Brown rectangular labels reads ‘Z 2709 / Fiji’.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: maa