Accession No
1921.565.2
Description
Shell forehead or head ornament made of a disc of white shell overlaid with a fretted disc of turtle-shell.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Bourne.Edmond [Brother] [collector]; von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1921.565.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Tortoise-shell; Cotton
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'.
Event Date 22/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
'[one of] 2 shell frontlets with turtle shell fretted disc. [added later:] Forehead ornaments.[Added later:] Good condition' [from catalogue card].
Event Date 22/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Forehead or chest ornament. Formed of a disc of tridacna shell, pierced in its centre, to which a disc of turtle shell carved in openwork is fastened with a twisted cotton string. Heavy compared to other similar ornaments. The disc of turtle shell is heavily chipped in many different places.
Event Date 31/3/2015
Author: maa
FM:264832
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