Description (Labels & Markings)
A small label attached to the object reads 'Z 6819' in black ink.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Necklace formed of eight (originally nine) circular pendants of conus shell suspended from a cord of twisted vegetable fibre [Lucie Carreau, 07/10/2015].
Event Date 7/10/2015
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
[From catalogue card:] 'Necklace of clam shell'.
Event Date 7/10/2015
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
A twine circlet with eight Conus ground and perforated spires attached. All spires are perforated at the apex and all are very worn. Diameters range from: 22.47mm, 23.73mm, 23.59mm, 23.34mm, 31.67mm, 27.68mm, 26.76mm and 25.58mm. The outer circumferences are well worn, and often into an irregular shape with partial whorls completely abraded away. On the body faces, the whorls have been ground down so that they are flat on the outer whorls, but the inner whorls remain inset and unground. Although it's possible that the discs were repurposed into this artefact, all the major use-wear relates to the mode in which it is currently strung. The outer spire surfaces are smooth and rather rounded. They were only ground flat in the central portion of the spire, and the outer whorls slope down to the margins.
Event Date 3/11/2017
Author: Katherine Szabo