Accession No
1921.565.13
Description
Seven pear-shaped discs of conus shell strung on fibre.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Bourne.Edmond [Brother] [collector]; von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1921.565.13
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; plant fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The Accession Register notes ‘Edward Bourne’ as the source, whilst the 1921 Annual Report notes that the Bourne Collection was received ‘through Baron A. von Hugel’. Catalogue card reads: “D. E. Bourne per A.v.H.”
Event Date 21/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Seven pear-shaped discs of cone-shell strung on fibre'.
Event Date 21/11/2007
Author: maa
FM:264825
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