Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) Rev.W.C. 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: 'Shell armlet.'
Event Date 30/10/2007
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] '1920.574 Solomon Islands. Shell armlet. Rev. W.C.O. O'Farrall.' [Red circular sticker top right of card.]

'1920.574' handwritten in black ink on object; 'Mala [crossed out with pencil] Solomon 9' handwritten in pencil on object.

Used as a shell valuable for exchange and worn by women just above the elbow, often several at a time. [Tim Thomas 30.05.2012]
Event Date 12/6/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (CMS Description)
Trochus shell armlet. Natural white patina with red and white stripes. Decorated with a series of incised Xs with two vertical lines through the centre of each X. One X has two diagonal lines incised through the centre. Multiple striations around outer edges probably from grinding.
Event Date 12/6/2013
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
'[crossed off 'Mala'] Solomon 9' inscribed in pencil on the object. '9' refers to a number system devised by O'Ferrall - the numbers seem to correspond to types of objects.
Event Date 8/5/2017
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Labels & Markings)
'1920.574' inscribed in black ink on the object.
Event Date 8/5/2017
Author: Lucie Carreau