Accession No
Z 350 A
Description
Armband; Shell Ring; Shell Valuable - Catalogue card notes for A and B’ “Two arm rings made from giant clam shell with flattened tops -showing they were probably made at Choiseul but imported.”
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; ?Choiseul
Period
Source
Rivers Collection; Rivers, William Halse Rivers (Dr)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 350 A; MAA: Z 350 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Rauru
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogued as Eddystone Island. (Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers.
Event Date 31/10/2007
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card notes for A and B’ “Two arm rings made from giant clam shell with flattened tops -showing they were probably made at Choiseul but imported.”
Event Date 31/10/2007
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 350. A-B. Eddystone Id. Solomons. "Rauru" Two shell rings made from Giant Clam shell with flattened tops - showing they were probably made at Choiseul but imported Rivers' Colln'. [Red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]
Event Date 5/6/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue
Description (CMS Description)
Tridacna shell ring; white in colour with a polished smooth surface. The cross section is slightly flattened on the top and bottom with a rounded convex interior and exterior. [Heather Donoghue 06.06.2012]
Event Date 5/6/2013
Author: maa
FM:265911
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