Accession No
1941.1 B
Description
Forehead Ornament - ‘Catalogue card notes for 1941.1 A-B: “Two forehead ornaments, carved tortoise-shell mounted on clam shell discs. Both in very good condition. Attached to band.”
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Coote, Walter [collector]; Barkley (Mrs) [donor]; Hornsby (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1941.1 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tortoise-shell; Shell
Local Term
Measurements
136mm x 30mm x 208mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card notes: “(Centenary Exhibition)” (Bio) Collected by Walter Coote in1880. (Bio): Female donors - Mrs. Barkley and Mrs. Hornsby. See W.Coote: “The Western Pacific”, 1883 (London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington)
Event Date 21/1/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
‘Catalogue card notes for 1941.1 A-B: “Two forehead ornaments, carved tortoise-shell mounted on clam shell discs. Both in very good condition. Attached to band.”
Event Date 21/1/2008
Author: maa
FM:264981
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