Accession No
1941.20.3
Description
Shell breastplate
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Temotu Province; Santa Cruz Islands
Period
Source
Coote, Walter [collector]; Barkley (Mrs) [donor]; Hornsby (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1941.20.3
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: 'SANTA CRUZ IS. -REEF ISLANDS- BREASTPLATE. JULY '80.
Event Date 29/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (CMS Context)
Collected 1880. See Coote.Walter, The Western Pacific.
Event Date 29/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
A large disc of tridacna shell pierced in its centre and hung from a cord of twisted coir. The neck cord is decorated with small round and flat shell beads. Inscribed 'SANTA CRUZ IS. -REEF ISLANDS- BREASTPLATE. JULY '80'.
Event Date 29/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (CMS Description)
[One of] Three shell breastplates.
Event Date 29/3/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:269016
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