Accession No
1941.2
Description
Breast ornament; Pendant - [From catalogue card:] 'Shell crescent [added later] white, yellow colour. Breast ornament.'
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Malaita Province; Malaita
Period
Source
Coote, Walter [collector]; Barkley (Mrs) [donor]; Hornsby (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1941.2
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Thin crescent-shaped pendant of pearl-oyster shell with slightly in-turning points. A couple of lines and dots incised along the upper edge. Four holes along the upper edge: one at each end and two in the centre.
Event Date 23/9/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'SOLOMON ISLANDS. -MALANTA.- -1880.-' inscribed in black ink on the front of the pendant.
Event Date 23/9/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Shell crescent [added later] white, yellow colour. Breast ornament.'
Event Date 23/9/2015
Author: maa
FM:268678
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