Accession No

1921.565.70


Description

Fish-hook of shell with turtle-shell point and bead hackle.


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands


Period


Source

Bourne, Edmond [Brother] [collector]; von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1921.565.70


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Turtle-shell; Plant; Fibre; Glass; Bead; Cloth


Local Term


Measurements

12mm x 21mm x 70mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
The Accession Register notes ‘Edward [or 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 1021
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
On catalogue card: [one of:] '9 shell fish hooks'.
Event Date 1/1921
Author: maa


Description (Labels & Markings)
Labels & Inscriptions: '21.565.70.' inscribed in black ink on the object.
Event Date 25/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (Physical description)
Fish-hook formed of a shank of shell and point of turtle-shell, lashed together with plant fibre and provided with a hackle of blue bead and red cloth.
Event Date 25/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (Display)
On display in the Iridescence case, Colour: Art, Science & Power, LKS Gallery, MAA, 26 July 2022 - 23 April 2023.
Event Date 26/7/2022
Author: rachel hand


FM:264887

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