Accession No
1920.587
Description
Coconut drinking cup inlaid with shell.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
O'Ferrall, William Chamberlain (Rev.) [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1920.587
Cultural Affliation
Material
Coconut shell; Shell
Local Term
Measurements
88mm x 62mm x 122mm
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: 'Coconut drinking cup. Inset pearl shell decoration'.
Event Date 30/10/2007
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
'1920.587.' inscribed in white ink on the object.
Event Date 14/2/2017
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Drinking cup made from a longitudinal section of a coconut shell, carved with a bird's head at one end. The cup is decorated with three longitudinal lines of 'X'-shaped pearl shell inlays.
Event Date 14/2/2017
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:264795
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