Accession No
1921.565.57
Description
Leg rattle of brown seeds and red & white glass beads.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Bourne.Edmond [Brother] [collector]; von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1921.565.57
Cultural Affliation
Material
Nut; Plant Fibre; Bead
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The Accession Register notes ‘Edmond 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 22/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] '[one of] 2 leg rattles (one of seeds [1921.565.56] and one of seeds & red & white beads).'
Event Date 22/11/2007
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '21.565.57' inscribed in white ink on one of the halved seed shells.
Event Date 23/9/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Leg ornament of twisted fibre with tassels of red, white and blue glass beads and halved seed shells.
Event Date 23/9/2015
Author: maa
FM:264874
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