Accession No

Z 6207


Description

Shell necklace


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands


Period


Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 6207; O.VI.58.2.H ['2' in superscript]


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Plant; Fibre; Seed


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Numbers such as O.VI.58.2.H were given to the collection by Anatole von Hügel. It is currently unknown whether this numbering system was something he applied to his own personal collection, or something he devised as the Museum’s first numbering system.
Event Date 18/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau


Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: a small metal label attached to the object reads: 'O.VI.58.2.H.' ['2' in superscript].
Event Date 18/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (CMS Description)
Necklace formed of two strands of small and thin white beads, arranged in a fishbone manner. In the central part of the necklace, the two strands come together to accommodate a short length of red beads, with occasional white shell and black seed/coconut wood beads. At each end of the necklace the two strands come together and small white and red shell beads are strung on it.
Event Date 18/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau


Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card: 'Necklace of pink and white clam shell beads'.
Event Date 18/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau


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