Accession No
Z 207
Description
Ring; Shell Arm Ring; Shell Valuable - Unfinished triad of rings. [added later] ‘from giant clam shell. Writing on inside “uncut triad of rings Munda”.’
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; New Georgia; Munda
Period
Source
Rivers Collection; Rivers, William Halse Rivers (Dr)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 207; MAA: Z 207
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Hokata
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers
Event Date 31/10/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Unfinished triad of rings. [added later] ‘from giant clam shell. Writing on inside “uncut triad of rings Munda”.’
Event Date 31/10/2007
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 207. New Georgia. Munda. Unfinished triad of rings. Rivers' Coll.'; [later addition handwritten in black ink:] 'from giant clam shell diam. .085 m depth .036 m. Writing on inside "Uncut triad of rings. Munda).' [Red circular sticker top left of catalogue card.]
Event Date 21/3/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue
Description (CMS Description)
Tridacna shell ring; white in colour with a ground, smooth exterior surface. Two cut marks approximately 1.5 mm deep, extend just over half the circumference of the ring's exterior and are filled with a black residue. The interior is slightly convex with faint vertical ridges and one edge is chipped. [Heather Donoghue 06.06.2012]
Event Date 21/3/2013
Author: maa
FM:265843
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