Accession No
Z 6208
Description
Necklace; Belt - [From catalogue card:] 'Necklace made of several strings of alternate black and white small clam shell beads divided by bone holders. A few pink beads are added at the middle of the front'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 6208; MAA: O.VI.57.H-A ['A' in superscript]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Bone; Shell; Nut; Bead
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
This object is not a necklace but a belt made of 11 strands, spaced by bone dividers. Very small pink shell beads in the centre. The rest of the strands alternates white shell beads and black coconut shell beads. A few strands are broken.
Event Date 28/5/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: a metal label attached to the object reads: 'O.VI.57.H-A ['A' in superscript]'.
Event Date 28/5/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Necklace made of several strings of alternate black and white small clam shell beads divided by bone holders. A few pink beads are added at the middle of the front'.
Event Date 28/5/2015
Author: maa
FM:268310
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