Accession No
Z 31509
Description
Pendant - [From catalogue card:] ‘PEARL SHELL PENDANT. Carved showing two birds facing opposite directions. Grey-brown colour.’
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Unknown
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 31509
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: ‘Z 31509’ inscribed in white ink on the object.
Event Date 9/4/2009
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card: ‘PEARL SHELL PENDANT. Carved showing two birds facing opposite directions. Grey-brown colour.’
Event Date 9/4/2009
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Pendant of mother of pearl, carved in open work with frigate birds and possibly stylised fish. The edges of the object have been lightly serrated. Inner incised lines following the contours of the birds. The object is suspended from a small cord of twisted ?fibre.
Event Date 12/2/2016
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
In acquisition register: ‘Pearl shell pendant’.
Event Date 12/2/2016
Author: maa
FM:265899
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