Accession No
Z 11234
Description
Ear pendant - [From catalogue card:] 'Ear pendant similar to preceding [Z 11233: Ear pendant. A star like disk of clam shell perforated by hole is attached to a ring of turtle shell'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 11234; O.III.58.H.A ['A' in superscript]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Tortoise-shell; Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Similar to Z 11233. The material is unlikely to be clam/tridacna shell but rather trochus.
Event Date 13/5/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: a metal label attached to the object reads: 'O.III.58.H.A ['A' in superscript]'.
Event Date 13/5/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Ear pendant similar to preceding [Z 11233: Ear pendant. A star like disk of clam shell perforated by hole is attached to a ring of turtle shell'.
Event Date 13/5/2015
Author: maa
FM:268186
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