Accession No
Z 355 A
Description
Shell Ring; Shell Valuable - ‘Catalogue card notes for A-C: “Three old clam shell rings.”’ Catalogue card notes: “Chipped on one edge.”
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Eddystone
Period
Source
Rivers Collection; Rivers, William Halse Rivers (Dr)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 355 A; MAA: Z 355 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Poata
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-C: “Three old clam shell rings.”’ Catalogue card notes: “Chipped on one edge.”
Event Date 31/10/2007
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 355. A-C. Probl Eddystone Id Solomons. "Poata" Three old clam shell rings Rivers' Colln.'; [later addition handwritten in black ink:] 'A. Diam. .135 m. Chipped on one edge. B. Diam .11 m. C. Diam. .10 m. All are approx. 2 cm thick.' [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 a small section where the shell has fractured off at the edge. Linear striations from grinding are visible on the surface. The cross section is roughly rectangular with a rounded convex interior. [Heather Donoghue 29.05.2012]
Event Date 6/6/2013
Author: maa
FM:265920
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