Accession No
1941.6 B
Description
Toy; Belt - [From catalogue card:] '[One of] Two beadwork 'toys'. [added later:] 'Mainly white beads, some red or black. Made in a shape like a string bag joined at both ends'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Coote, Walter [collector]; Barkley (Mrs) [donor]; Hornsby (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1941.6 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Shell; 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:] '[One of] Two beadwork 'toys'. [added later:] 'Mainly white beads, some red or black. Made in a shape like a string bag joined at both ends'.
Event Date 21/1/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Belt-like artefact woven following a net pattern and decorated with white and red shell beads, and black coconut wood beads. Ends of plaited vegetable fibre.
Event Date 8/4/2015
Author: maa
FM:265003
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