Context (Field collection)
[From catalogue card:] 'Stated by Bishop H.H. Montgomery as probably from Guadalcanar from whom we bought it. The Bishop was for years in Melanesia over 3 years ago'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
This object was probably collected by Bishop H. H. Montgomery during his tour of the Melanesian Mission stations in New Caledonia, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands in 1892.
Event Date 1892
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1929.569: 'Very fine carved tortoise shell pendant mounted on Tridacna shell disc'.
Event Date 1929
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Forehead or chest ornament formed of a very large disc of Tridacna, perforated in its centre, to which a thin disc of turtle shell carved in openwork is fastened with twisted cotton string. A small tassel of red and white shell beads and black coconut wood is attached to the centre of the discs. The ornament is fastened to a large finely woven band of red orchid fibre.
Event Date 31/3/2015
Author: maa

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.37.
Event Date 2016
Author: Lucie Carreau