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1923.74.15

Fishing amulet, circular stone with perforation.

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1923.74.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fishing amulet, circular stone with perforation.
Person
Field collector Emma Hadfield
Field collector London Missionary Society
PRM source Emma Hadfield
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
1886 to 1920
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1923
Materials and processes
Material Stone
Dimensions
Height: max 31 mm, Length: max 48 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.74.15
Research and responses

For more information about the collector and donor see 'Emma Hadfield Among the natives of the Loyalty Group', by Hannah Ivory, pages 313 to 317 in Melanesia Art and encounter, edited by Lissant Bolton, Nicholas Thomas, Elizabeth Bonshek, Julie Adams, and Ben Burt (London: British Museum Press, 2013). On page 313 Ivory notes Emma, along with James Hadfield were London Missionary Society evangelists 'who resided on the islands of Ouvea and Lifou for nearly forty years, from 1886-1920...Recent research into the Hadfields' time in the Loyalties and their collecting activity indicates that it was principally Emma who collected the objects while in 'the field''. [ZM 4/5/2016]

For the donor's own publication see Emma Hadfield, 1920, Among the Natives of the Loyalty Group (MacMillan: London) [ZM 4/5/2016]

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