Accession No
1941.10
Description
Ear ornament - [From catalogue card:] 'Ear-ornament, consisting of multiple strings of beads, each terminating in a human tooth, attached to a ring of [added in a different hand] turtle shell'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Coote Collection; Coote, Walter [collector]; Jones, H. (Mrs) [subsequent collector]; Barkley (Mrs) [donor]; Hornsby (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1941.10
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tortoise-shell; Plant; Fibre; Human Tooth; Shell; Glass; Bead
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(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)
[From catalogue card:] 'Ear-ornament, consisting of multiple strings of beads, each terminating in a human tooth, attached to a ring of [added in a different hand] turtle shell'.
Event Date 21/1/2008
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: an old label attached to the object reads: '41.10 SOLOMON IDS' on one side and 'Mrs H. Jones, Huntingdon' on the other.
Event Date 13/4/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:264982
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