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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