- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Armlet of shell. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/11/2005]
- Person
- Field collector Frederick Henry Drew
- Field collector Melanesian Mission
- PRM source Frederick Henry Drew
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1911
- Date collected
- By 1911
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1911
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 93 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1911.54.18
Search terms: Ornament, Arm Ornament
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