Accession No

E 1905.338


Description

A bunch of 6 charms attached to a string, sini, composed of the teeth & bones of local or family celebrities. Two sets wrapped in leaves & three in single and one in a double woven receptacle; this latter & two of the former have shell rings attached. These are specifics against special misfortunes and are kept in the houses on small bee-hive shrines.'


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Ysabel


Period


Source

Welchman, Henry [Rev. Dr] [collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1905.338; MAA: Z 11189


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bone; Fibre; Plant; Shell


Local Term

sini


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
'Agreed for Solomon Islands loan 'Tout ce qui brille." Oeuvres en noir et blanc des Iiles Salomon'. Musee quai Branly, Paris, 11 November 2014 - 1 February 2015.' Accession number on loan request incorrectly noted as E 1908.338/ Z 11189.
Event Date 4/2/2014
Author: Rachel Hand


Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card 1 notes the source as 'D.* Professor Bevan'. The asterisk refers to a note in the Annual Report that items were purchased with money donated to the Accessions Fund by Professor A.A Bevan.
Event Date 4/2/2014
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue card 1 for E 1905.338 notes in black ink 'Bunch of six charms' .
Added later in black ball point pen, 'a bunch of 6 attached to a string, sini, composed of the teeth & bones of local or family celebrities. Two sets wrapped in leaves & three in single and one in a double woven receptacle; this latter & two of the former have shell rings attached. These are specifics against special misfortunes and are kept in the houses on small bee-hive shrines.'

Catalogue card 2 for Z 1189 notes in black typeface 'Charm made if ta bag like article of plaited rattan attached to a bone ring. This and the 6 following are similar./ The rings are made of the teeth and bones of local or family celebrities. These charms are used against special misfortunes and are kept in the houses on small beee hive shrines./ From Ysabel'

Event Date 4/2/2014
Author: maa


Conservation ()
CON.2014.98 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa


FM:267451

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