Three conus shell discs, each with several perforations. .1 comprises two discs bound and joined together with red-dyed plaited plant fibre. .2 is a single disc bound in a similar way. The three discs may have belonged to the same object. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/9/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Three conus shell discs, each with several perforations. .1 comprises two discs bound and joined together with red-dyed plaited plant fibre. .2 is a single disc bound in a similar way. The three discs may have belonged to the same object. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/9/2005]
Geographical reference: Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands; New Georgia
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1943
Date collected: By 1943
Acquisition information: Donated: 1943
Materials and processes: Material Conus Shell, Material Plant Fibre, Process Plaited, Process Perforated, Process Bound, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Diameter: max 47 mm, Diameter: max 34 mm, Diameter: max 39 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1943.7.3.1 Accession number: 1943.7.3.2

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