Accession No
E 1905.328
Description
Hammer head of stone
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Ysabel
Period
Source
Welchman, Henry [Rev. Dr] [collector]; Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1905.328; MAA: Z 6696
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Described in MAA's accession registers as 'Bought through the Rev. Dr H. Welchman' (Melanesian Mission) with money from Professor Bevan.
Event Date 8/12/2015
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: a large Museum label glued to one side of the object reads, in black ink: 'E 1905.328 / Pebble, ready for making into / a hammer silikata, for cracking / the 'almond' canarium fruit. / Ysabel Is. Solomon Is. / *Professor Bevan, 1905'.
Event Date 8/12/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
[From catalogue card 1:] 'Pebble' [added later:] 'in the rough used for the head of a hammer'. [From catalogue card 2:] 'Pebble ready for making into a hammer for cracking the almond, canarium, fruit'.
Event Date 8/12/2015
Author: maa
FM:268801
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