Accession No
E 1905.366
Description
Length of shell money formed mainly of small red shell beads with occasional sections of alternating white tridacna shell beads and black coconut wood beads.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Webster, William Downing
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1905.366; MAA: Z 6828
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Shell; Wood
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Length of shell money formed mainly of small red shell beads with occasional sections of alternating white tridacna shell beads and black coconut wood beads.
Event Date 26/8/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: a small label attached to the object reads 'Z 6828' in black ink.
Event Date 26/8/2015
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
[From catalogue card 1:] 'Necklace' and added later: 'Composed of roughly fashioned red shell discs diminishing in diameter towards either end, strung alternately with small black polished seed beads'. [From catalogue card 2:] 'Shell bead chain'.
Event Date 26/8/2015
Author: maa
FM:268615
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