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)
Ring of fossilized clam shell showing yellow streak - greatly prized & worn as pendant by chief.
Event Date 31/10/2007
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 354. Eddystone Id. Solomons. "Mbakia" Ring of fossilised clam shell showing yellow streak - greatly prized and worn as a pendant by chief. Rivers' Colln.'; [later addition handwritten in black ink:] 'SIMBO Diam. .105m. Depth .015m.' [Red circular sticker top left of catalogue card.]
Event Date 6/6/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (CMS Description)
Tridacna shell ring; white in colour with a smooth surface and yellow adductor muscle stain on lower half. Linear striations from grinding are visible on the surface, particularly on the adductor muscle stain. The cross section is roughly rectangular with a rounded convex interior. [Heather Donoghue 06.06.2012]
Event Date 6/6/2013
Author: maa