Description (CMS Description)
Shell, cowrie, with string attached. Necklet of fibre trimmed with glass beads with portion of cowrie shell as a pendant.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 reads: [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z.2769 Viti Levu. Shell, cowrie mouth, with string attached. Necklet of fibre trimmed with glass beads with portion of cowrie shell as a pendant. Show Case number 1.' [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/230'.
Catalogue card 2 reads: [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 2769 FIJI'. [typed:] 'Viti Levu. Shell, cowrie, mouth. with string attached. Necklet of fibre trimmed with glass beads with portion of cowrie shell as a pendant.' [stamped in black ink:] 'THE VON HÜGEL COLLECTION CIRCA 1875.' [stamped in blue ink:] 'SHOW CASE NUMBER 1'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] '1/230'. A round red sticker pasted on the card.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Necklace formed of a ?four ply plaited cord of ?hibiscus fibre decorate with a cowrie shell pendant. The back of the shell is cut. One side of the cord has broken off from the necklace and the connection between the other branch of the cord and the pendant is very fragile. The shell is secured in place by thin ties of ?hibiscus fibre, coir, and European string. Some traces of blue textile are also visible. The neck cord is fraying at the end but also where it is attached to the pendant. ‘Z 2769’ inscribed inside the shell in black ink.
Small modern museum label reads ‘Z 2769’ in black ink
‘L’ inscribed inside the shell in pencil.
Something illegible written on the plumper part of the shell on the front in pencil. May start with P or D.
Event Date 26/10/2012
Author: maa