Accession No
Z 10858
Description
Breast ornament; Neck ornament - [From catalogue card:] 'Clam shell breast ornament... One side is plain. The other had a geometric design in black.'
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; San Cristoval
Period
Source
Unknown
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 10858; MAA: Z 10858
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Plant; Fibre; Bead
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Small pendant of ?tridacna shell, oval in shape and decorated with a band of zigzags as well as frigate birds and fish motifs, rubbed in black. Perforated at the top and suspended from a very thin cord of twisted fibre. The suspension hole is hidden by a white glass bead.
Event Date 29/9/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'Z 10858' inscribed in black ink on the object. A small rectangular label with cut corners is glued to the catalogue card and reads 'San Cristoval' in pencil and 'Z. 10858' in black ink.
Event Date 29/9/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Clam shell breast ornament... One side is plain. The other had a geometric design in black.'
Event Date 29/9/2015
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
An old display label found in the archives (OA2/1/13) reads: ‘CLAM SHELL BREAST / ORNAMENT. FACE IS / SHEWN. REVERSE IS / PLAIN- / Z, 10858.'’.
Event Date 7/11/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:268688
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