Accession No
E 1905.332
Description
Small fishhook of mother of pearl, carved in the shape of a fish/shark, with fins.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Isabel
Period
Source
Welchman, Henry [Reverend Dr] [field collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Professor) [monetary donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1905.332; MAA: Z 6281; AR 1906.1049
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Tago malabono
Measurements
12mm x 25mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for E 1905.332: 'Fish-hook' and [added later:] 'Tago Malaboro, small finely carved in the shape of a shark, of pearl shell'.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
No label or inscription on object. An old label previously attached to the object (now detached but kept with the object) reads: 'E. 1905.332. / Fishhook. Ysabel Is. Solomon / *Professor Bevan. 1905'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 6281: 'Very small shell fish hook'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Amendments / updates)
Catalogue card 1 notes the provenance as Solomon Islands' with 'Ysabel Is.' added later.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Acquisition Details)
On catalogue card 1, the source is noted as 'D.* Professor Bevan' and adds 'R. 1906.1049' . [The 1905 was replaced by 1906]. 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 1905
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Exhibited: on loan to 'The Radiance of Shadows: The black and white art of the Solomon Islands' ('L'éclat des ombres, l'art en noir et blanc des Îles Salomon'), at the Musée du quai Branly, Paris, 11th November 2014 to 1st February 2015.
Event Date 11/11/2014
Author: Rachel Hand
Context (References)
Illustrated in Lucie Carreau. 2016. Collections from the Solomon Islands. Cambridge: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.13275, p.29 [Captioned Z 6281].
Event Date 2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Conservation ()
CON.2014.93 |
Event Date 1/3/2016
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Small fishhook of mother of pearl, carved in the shape of a fish/shark, with fins.
Event Date 19/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:267479
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