Accession No

1939.209


Description

Necklace of human teeth mounted on a string of clam shell beads in pink, brown and white.


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands


Period


Source

British Museum


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1939.209; MAA: ?Z 31504


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Tooth (human)


Local Term


Measurements

135mm x 8mm x 440mm


Events

Context (CMS Context)
There is no location and storage information for this number. It is possible that this item has since been found and allocated a new number and keyword.
Event Date 21/1/2008
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Necklace of human teeth mounted on a string of clam shell beads in pink, brown and white.
Event Date 21/1/2008
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Upon deinstalling the Pacific cases in the Maudslay Gallery in November 2017, this object was found on display in the Solomon Islands Case (14). The object is physically marked with the 1939 IDNO. Another teeth necklace, Z 31504, was listed as being on display, but not found on deinstallation.
It is possible that this is one and the same object, but this cannot be ascertained at this point in time as 1939.209 does not have a second number marked on it or on a label. For this reason the database records for both objects have not yet been merged.
Event Date 13/11/2017
Author: Remke Velden


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