Accession No
E 1908.291
Description
Band of coloured shell beads.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; ?Malaita
Period
Source
Herbert, Robert (Sir) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1908.291
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Wood; Plant fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Accession register for E 1908.290-292: 'Four armlets, viz: a pair of patterned woven grass armlet; and two bands of coloured shell beads, one composed of twelve strands, threaded through thirteen wooden stays, showing a linear pattern, and one 'netted' showing a pattern of lozenges, +c'.
Event Date 1908
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:327545
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