Description (Labels & Markings)
A small metal label attached to the object reads: 'O.VI.59-1.H ['1' in superscript]'.
Event Date
Author: Katherine Szabo

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card for Z 10979: 'Clam shell pendant with incised bird design on one face only obtained by Baron von Hugel at Rakitaki [Sic], Fiji, from Solomon Island Labourers'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
'Solomon Is. (Mr Andrew) Rakiraki (Fiji). Feb. 76. A.v.H.' inscribed in black ink in von Hügel's hand on the back of the object.
Event Date 02/1876
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Anatole von Hügel in February 1876. The objects were obtained from indentured Solomon Islands labourers working on the plantation managed by Mr Andrew in Rakiraki, Fiji.
Event Date 2/1876
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Oval pendant of Tridacna shell, thin and perforated at the top. One side is incised with 3 frigate birds and a zigzag border along the periphery. Incisions have been rubbed with black pigments. Slightly chipped.
Event Date 26/5/2015
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.10.
Event Date 2016
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Analysis)
An oval, flat Tridacna pendant engraved with a design of three frigate birds. It was collected from the same location, at the same date as Z 10980. This is much finer in execution than the former and there is much more patina and use-wear on this example. There is a wide-beveled perforation near the top of the disc with clear usewear from suspension. The hole is countersunk. The engraving is more precise and there is clearly less slippage in the engraving process than is seen on Z 10980.
Event Date 14/11/2017
Author: Katherine Szabo