Accession No

1939.205


Description

Shell necklace


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands


Period


Source

British Museum


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1939.205


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Plant; Fibre


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A small label attached to the object reads: '39.205' in black ink.
Event Date 18/1/2008
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card: 'Necklace made of series of round, clam shell disks, each disk pierced, mounted on a sinnet band.'
Event Date 18/1/2008
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Necklace formed of thin rings of white shell (likely to be of the gastropod kind) attached with twisted string to a fine plait of ?orchid stem fibre dyed red. Similar to E 1908.287 (also known as Z 11220) but with a coarser coard.
Event Date 18/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau


FM:264961

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