Accession No
1941.39 B
Description
Nose ornament of bamboo and shell. Shell missing at one end.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Vanuatu; Torba Province; Torres Islands; Lo Island
Period
Source
Coote Collection; Coote, Walter [collector]; Jones, H. (Mrs) [subsequent collector]; Barkley (Mrs) [donor]; Hornsby (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1941.39 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Shell
Local Term
Measurements
19mm x 32mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Small label adhered to object reads: 'Mrs Jones. Huntingdon'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Labels & Markings)
Small label adhered to object: '1880. NOSE ORNAMENT. W. COOTE'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: '41'39'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Labels & Markings)
Label with cut corner adhered to 1941.39 A reads: 'NOSE ORNAMENTS. LO ID. - TORRES IDS - ['torres Ids' later crossed out in pencil]. W. COOTE. 1880.' Presumably this label applied to both 1941.39 A and 1941.39 B.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Coote in 1880.
Event Date 1880
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (References)
See Coote, Walter. 1883. The Western Pacific. Being a Description of the Groups of Islands to the North and East of the Australian Continent. London: S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington.
Event Date 1883
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Earplugs.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Nose ornament of bamboo and shell. Shell missing at one end.
Event Date 25/9/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:284911
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