Accession No

Z 358


Description

Shell Ring; Shell Valuable - Small ring of fossilized clam shell with yellow streak - worn by chief.


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Eddystone


Period


Source

Rivers Collection; Rivers, William Halse Rivers (Dr)


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 358


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell


Local Term

Mhakia


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)
Small ring of fossilized clam shell with yellow streak - worn by chief.
Event Date 31/10/2007
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 358. Probl Eddystone Id Solomons. "Mbakia" Small ring of fossilised clam shell with yellow streak - worn by chief. Rivers' Colln.'; [later addition handwritten in black ink:] 'Diam .005m. Depth .007m.'; [later addition handwritten in blue ball point:] 'SIMBO.' [Red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]
Event Date 6/6/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue


Description (CMS Description)
Tridacna shell ring with a polished smooth surface, white in colour with a creamy-brown patina and a yellow adductor muscle stain covering the lower section of one face. The cross section is roughly rectangular with a rounded convex interior and there are some small chips along the edges. [Heather Donoghue 06.06.2012]
Event Date 6/6/2013
Author: maa


FM:265925

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