Accession No
1929.572
Description
Shell pendant
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Montgomery, Henry Hutchinson (Bishop) [collector]; Friends of the Museum [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1929.572
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Bought from Bishop Montgomery and donated by some Friends of the Museum. (bio) Bishop Montgomery Sketch on catalogue card
Event Date 9/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card: 'Horse-shoe shaped shell ornament'.
Event Date 9/11/2007
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '29.572.' inscribed in black ink on the object.
Event Date 18/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
U-shaped ornament formed of two pieces of white shell, lashed together not very skilfully – possibly originally in one piece?
Event Date 18/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:264950
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