Accession No
1941.35
Description
Bamboo ear sticks
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Coote, Walter [collector]; Barkley (Mrs) [donor]; Hornsby (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1941.35
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bamboo
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)
Bamboo ear-ornaments. [Added later] Incised.
Event Date 21/1/2008
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: '1941.35' inscribed in black ink on all three object.
Event Date 11/8/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
One of the ornaments has a small red glass bead inserted into the end of the bamboo stick.
Event Date 11/8/2015
Author: maa
FM:265000
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