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1914.69.9

Crescentic pendant of pearl shell with openwork frigate bird design and central perforation. Short length of plant fibre string attached. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/9/2005]

1914.69.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Crescentic pendant of pearl shell with openwork frigate bird design and central perforation. Short length of plant fibre string attached. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/9/2005]
Person
Field collector Samuel Sheppard
PRM source Samuel Sheppard
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1914
Date collected
By 1914
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1914
Materials and processes
Material Pearl Shell, Material String, Material Plant, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Width: max 56 mm, Length: max 130 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1914.69.9 Other numbers: 1914.ß.277
Research and responses

On Tuesday 1 September 1914 while in Brisbane, Australia as part of the British Association for the Advancement of Science trip, Henry Balfour records in his diary: 'Found a shop with some interesting native curios (Samuel Sheppard, 201 Albert Str.) + bought several things.' [CRFW 27/1/2003, JC 24 5 2013]

Search terms: Figure, Ornament, Pendant, Bird Figure