Accession No
Z 318 A
Description
Tusk; Knife? - Catalogue card notes for Z 318 A-B: “Two knives from boar’s tusks.”
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Rivers Collection; Rivers, William Halse Rivers (Dr)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 318 A; MAA: Z 318 A; R 723
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tusk
Local Term
Livo mborogo
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers.
Event Date 8/11/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card notes for Z 318 A-B: “Two knives from boar’s tusks.”
Event Date 8/11/2007
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 318. a-b. Two knives from boars tusks Livo mborogo [underlined] R. 723. Rivers' Colln'; [later addition handwritten in pencil:] '?Solomons'. [Red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]
Event Date 2/6/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue
Description (CMS Description)
Worked pig tusk with tip sheared off to create a sharp point. The tusk is curved and creamy white in colour. [Heather Donoghue 18.06.2012]
Event Date 2/6/2013
Author: maa
FM:265901
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