Description (CMS Description)
Shell money formed of four strands of beads strung on a fibre cord and tied together at both ends. The beads are predominantly white tridacna shell, with occasional red spondylus and black beads.
Event Date 30/9/2015
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: a small rectangular label attached to the object reads: '1902.189 / Shell money necklace / Solomon Is. / (Ruddock Coll.) / * R. E. Froude Esq.' Another small label reads 'E 1902.189' in black ink.
Event Date 30/9/2015
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Necklace [added later:] of shell money with four strands of white beads, varied with bands of alternate black & white beads.'
Event Date 30/9/2015
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
Four strands tied together with object being c.145cm in length. Dominantly white Anadara beads but with some sections where dark seed beads alternate and other small (c.1.5 - 2cm) zones of red (Chama pacifica) shell beads. The beads are well used, and are a mix of beads made together on the same strand, and intermixed beads of different sizes. Unlike many Anadara beads, these are generally well-ground around the periphery, with many also showing rounding of the edges from extensive use.
Event Date 1/11/2017
Author: Katherine Szabo