Accession No
Z 6823
Description
Necklace; Currency; Shell money - [From catalogue card:] 'Necklace of small shell beads'.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Unknown
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 6823
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Length of shell money. Very thin beads of tridacna shell with occasional red shell and black coconut wood beads, strung on vegetable fibre.
Event Date 26/8/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A small label attached to the object reads 'Z 6823'.
Event Date 26/8/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Necklace of small shell beads'.
Event Date 26/8/2015
Author: maa
FM:268612
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