Accession No
E 1910.163
Description
Waistband; Belt - [From catalogue card:] 'Waist band of clam shell beads in different colours. There is a middle brooch of beads and teeth of the flying fox. On either side of this is a strand of five strings of beads. The different parts are separated by turtle shell disks. One end is also continued beyond a clam shell disk in a different design ending in two strands of beads with a tooth of some animal at the end protruding from a half nut shell'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; San Cristoval
Period
Source
Drew, Frederic Henry (Rev.) [collector]; Myers, Charles Samuel [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1910.163; MAA: E 1910.163 [from catalogue card]; Z 10793
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Shell; Wood; Tortoise-shell; Tooth; Seed
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
An old display label found in the archives (OA2/15/9) reads: ‘WAIST BAND OR BELT / Z.10792 SIR A.H. GORDON / NECKBANDS WITH FLYING FOX TEETH / Z.10793 DREW COLL. / Z.10794 REV. J. STILL'.
Event Date 9/4/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Waist band of clam shell beads in different colours. There is a middle brooch of beads and teeth of the flying fox. On either side of this is a strand of five strings of beads. The different parts are separated by turtle shell disks. One end is also continued beyond a clam shell disk in a different design ending in two strands of beads with a tooth of some animal at the end protruding from a half nut shell'.
Event Date 9/4/2015
Author: maa
FM:268068
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