Accession No

E 1902.236


Description

Nose ornament - [From catalogue card:] 'Nose-ornament. Crescent shaped, of shell, cylindrical in section. One end is broken off, the other terminates in a flattened perforated loop. Both ends bear an incised decoration'.


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands


Period


Source

Ruddock, David (Rev.) [collector]; Froude, Robert Edmund [monetary donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1902.236; MAA: Z 6794; AR 1903.540


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: an old label glued to the object reads: '1902.236 Nose ornament. Solomon Is. (Ruddock Coll.). *R.E. Froude Esq.'
Event Date 13/4/2015
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Nose-ornament. Crescent shaped, of shell, cylindrical in section. One end is broken off, the other terminates in a flattened perforated loop. Both ends bear an incised decoration'.
Event Date 13/4/2015
Author: maa


FM:268089

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