Accession No
Z 42674 F
Description
Earring made of yellow and grey shell
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; British New Guinea; South East Coast; Hula
Period
Source
Ray, Sidney Herbert [?collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 42674 F; MAA: Z 42674 A-K
Cultural Affliation
Material
?Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Eleven earrings.
A-E: tortoiseshell
F-G: narrow yellow and grey shell
H: conus shell
I-K: tortoiseshell rings and some pink discs
Event Date 1/5/1986
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
I suspect this is made of crayfish antennae, see Z 8383 for a similar example.
Event Date 28/4/2020
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:286918
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