Accession No
1917.81.7
Description
Length of shell money/currency of black and white shell and coconut disc beads.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands
Period
Source
Martin, John Harington (Lieutenant, R.N.) [collector]; Martin collection; Martin, Caroline (Miss) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1917.81.7; MAA: 1917.81.7; Z 6263.7
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Shell; Seed
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Short length of currency formed of alternating white shell beads and black ?shell beads on a vegetable fibre cord.
Event Date 26/8/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: a small metal label attached to the object reads '1917.81.7.' in white ink. A small oval paper label attached to the object reads '1917.81.7' in pencil.
Event Date 26/8/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] '[One of] 7 shell bead chains' and added later: '7... of very minute alternate white & black shell beads'.
Event Date 26/8/2015
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
Register notes for 1917.74-85 'Collected by Lieut.t Harrington [sic] Martin, R.N., 1873/ Given by his sister Miss Caroline Martin'. The term 'late' has been added in pencil to the collector's name for the subsequent page of material from 1917.79- 87.
Lieut. John Harington Martin, R.N., served on H.M.S. Dido on the Australia Station 1872- 1875. His name has been variously written and mis-transcribed as Marten and Harrington.
Event Date 8/10/2020
Author: rachel hand
FM:268624
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