Accession No
Z 313 C
Description
Ring - Catalogue card notes for A - C: “Shell rings”.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Rivers Collection; Rivers, William Halse Rivers (Dr)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 313 C; MAA: Z 313 C; Z 313 D [incorrect number on object]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Mbulae
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The original catalogue card as well as the register note Z 313 A, B, C, while a duplicate of the catalogue card mentions Z 313 A, B, D. It is very likely that the accession number on the object itself was misread and the C was rewritten as a D, Domin.T, 31/10/2007.
Event Date 31/10/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card notes for A - C: “Shell rings”.
Event Date 31/10/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Conus shell ring; white in colour with some brown banding from the natural shell colouring. The surface is smooth and the ring has a lenticular cross-section. [Heather Donoghue 30.05.2012]
Event Date 30/5/2013
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers.
Catalogue card 1 reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 313 a-c. ?'; [later addition handwritten in pencil:] 'Solomons'; [handwritten in black ink:] 'Three shell rings. Mbulaa [sic] [underlined]. Rivers Colln'.
Catalogue card 2 reads [handwritten in pencil:] 'Z 313 a+c ?Solomons Shell Rings. Mbulaa [sic] Rivers Colln'.
Catalogue card 3 reads [handwritten in black ball point:] 'Z 313 A,B,D[;] Z 314[;] Z315 A,B[;] Z316[;] Solomon Islands Z 313 A,B,D 3 shell rings, Mbulae [sic][;] Z 314 Shell ring, Ndovele[;] Z 315 A,B 2 shell rings, Mbokalo[;] Z 316 large shell ring " " [" " indicates 'Mbokalo']. [Red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]
'Z. 313.D' handwritten in black ink on ring interior; this has been incorrectly marked and should read 'C'. [Heather Donoghue 30.05.2012]
Event Date 30/5/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue
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