Accession No
E 1903.66
Description
Frontlet made of three strands of white and black shell beads, with shell and glass bead pendants.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Temotu Province; Santa Cruz Islands
Period
Source
Selwyn, John Richardson (Bishop) [?collector]; Selwyn, Annie Catherine (Mrs) [vendor]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1903.66; MAA: E 1903.66; Z 10622; A.R. 1904.839
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Nut; Shell; Glass; Bead; Tortoise-shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Purchased from Mrs Selwyn using a donation from A. A. Bevan.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A stiff three strand frontlet of white and black shell beads with shell and glass bead pendants.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Ornament formed of 2 x 3 strands of flat and thin white shell beads and coconut beads on cords of vegetable fibre. The end of each section is stopped by a turtle-shell spreader and decorated with lengths of red, blue and white trade glass beads, and occasionally, a sliver of polished pearl-shell. The ends of the neck cord are tightly coiled and terminate in small shell beads and a cowrie shell.
Event Date 22/1/2015
Author: maa
FM:104284
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