Accession No

E 1905.459


Description

Ear Ornament - Catalogue Card notes: 'Ear-pendant'
[Added later in a different hand] 'Formed of a split ring of turtle shell with a bunch of coix seeds and long string tassel attached'


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; German New Guinea


Period


Source

Webster's Sale


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1905.459; MAA: AR 1906.990


Cultural Affliation


Material

Plant; Tortoise-shell; Seed


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Old label attached to object notes: ‘1905.459 / An ear pendant / New Guinea / (Bt. Webster’s Sale, Novbr 30th / 1904, Lot 717) / Purchased 1905’
Event Date 8/6/2015
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Catalogue Card notes: 'Ear-pendant'
[Added later in a different hand] 'Formed of a split ring of turtle shell with a bunch of coix seeds and long string tassel attached'
Event Date 8/6/2015
Author: maa


FM:268317

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