Context (Display)
An old display label found in the archives (OA2/15/9) reads: ‘STONE SINKER / USED IN FISHING / OR, MORE PROBABLY, / A CHARM OR / CURRENCY / BOURNE COLL. / 21,565-28'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] '21.565.28. Solomon Is'ds. A drilled water-worn stone ?net sinker. D. E. Bourne for A.V.H.' [Red circular sticker top right of card.]

Tim Thomas has identified this as a shell ring valuable (Bareke) noting it has been mistaken for a net sinker. [Heather Donoghue 18.06.2012]
Event Date 1921
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1921.565.28: 'A drilled water-worn stone. ?net sinker.'
Event Date 1921
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Shell ring valuable.
Event Date 28/06/2012
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Bareke. Shell valuable. Heavy ring of Tridacna gigas shell.
Event Date 10/10/2025
Author: Lucie Carreau