Context (CMS Context)
These shells are highly valued as ornaments, this small size are worn, indiscriminately, by both men and women. The are imitated in ivory (said to be of whales tooth) especially in the mountains; Collected by: Hugel.Baron.Anatole.von in ? 1875; Research: Uninitialled note, probably by Colonel Hayter By Hayter.Colonel On - These shells are highly valued as ornaments, this small size are worn, indiscriminately, by both men and women. The are imitated in ivory (said to be of whales tooth) especially in the mountains
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Small cowrie shell.
Event Date 14/6/1988
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Two small grey cowrie shells pierced with a small circular hole on one of their side and attached together with a piece of string and a piece of black cotton thread. One of the shells is inscribed in black ink with 'Z. 2711 A' and '1923.H.140.'. The other shell is inscribed in black ink with 'Z. 2711 B'. The name of the shell inscribed in pencil on Z 2711 B but illegible.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2711 FIJI'. [typed:] Viti Levu. Shells, cowrie, small, 2 in number. "These shells are highly valued as ornaments, this small size are worn, indiscriminitaly, by both men and women. They are imitated in ivory (said to be of whales tooth) especially in the mountains." [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/229'. [stamped in blue ink in the bottom right corner:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 1'. [stamped in black ink:] 'CUMAA 14 JUN 1988 TRANSCRIBED'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z. 2711. Viti Levu. Shells, cowrie, small, 2 in number. "These shells are highly valued as ornaments, this small size are worn, indiscriminitaly, by both men and women. They are imitated in ivory (said to be of whales tooth) especially in the mountains." Show Case number 1.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/229'.
Catalogue card 3 reads [handwritten in black pen:] 'Z 2711. FIJI. 2 Cowrie shells. Viti Levu. * Von Hugel Colln 1875. * A P Maudslay.' A black and white photograph of the object stapled to the back of the card.
Event Date 25/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau