Accession No
Z 6713
Description
Ornament - Small, delicately carved turtle shell breast ornament, mounted on clam shell circular disk [from catalogue card].
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 6713
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Tortoise-shell; Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Forehead or chest ornament formed of a disc of tridacna shell (chipped), pierced in its centre, to which a small disc of turtle shell carved in openwork is tied with a cord of twisted plant fibre.
Event Date 31/3/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'a.v.h.' inscribed in pencil at the back.
Event Date 31/3/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Small, delicately carved turtle shell breast ornament, mounted on clam shell circular disk [from catalogue card].
Event Date 31/3/2015
Author: maa
FM:268030
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