Accession No
1921.565.2
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.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Bourne, Edmond [Brother] [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1921.565.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Tortoise-shell; Cotton
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1921.565.1-2: 2 shell frontlets with turtle shell fretted disc. [added later:] Forehead ornaments.'
Event Date 1921
Author: maa
Description (Physical 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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