Accession No
1920.557
Description
Nose ornament; Nose stick - [From catalogue card:] 'Bone nose stick' and added later: 'of white clam shell'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
O'Ferrall, William Chamberlain (Rev.) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1920.557
Cultural Affliation
Material
shell; Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) Rev.W.C.O. O’Farrall, Melanesian Mission. Donor’s surname has been transcribed variously on box-lists and catalogue cards both as O'Ferrall and O’Ferrell, R.Hand 6/4/2009’
Event Date 30/10/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card: 'Bone nose stick' and added later: 'of white clam shell'.
Event Date 30/10/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Small nose stick of tridacna shell, tapering at both ends. A length of vine-like plant is wrapped around the ends.
Event Date 9/4/2015
Author: maa
FM:264765
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