Accession No
1938.57
Description
pubic ornament and currency of plaited vegetable fibre
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; North Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Bird, H. F
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1938.57
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
26mm x 100mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) H.F.Bird, Honourary Keeper of the Currency Collections [noted in 1938 Annual Report]
Event Date 18/1/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card 1: 'Puberty shield. Circular shield made of red & yellow fibre. Currency'.
Event Date 18/1/2008
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: a label attached to the object reads: '38.57 / Solomon Ids / Currency' on one side and 'Puberty shield' and [added later] 'd. BIRD' on the other.
Event Date 6/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
Tube of ?bamboo covered with very fine weaving forming red zigzags on a natural colour background. Open at both ends.
Event Date 6/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card 2: 'Puberty shield (red + natural weave). Currency.'
Event Date 6/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:264955
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