Shell ornament with a perforation

Collection type: Object
Description: Shell ornament with a perforation
Long description: Shell (? Oliva) with the top portion cut off, and a perforation at the other end. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/7/2005]
Geographical reference: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Latin America and the Caribbean > Caribbean > Saint Kitts and Nevis; St Kitts Ponds Estate site to the north of the sugar factory pier
Cultural groups: Carib; Arawak
Person: Field collector Herbert Boon; PRM source Herbert Boon; PRM source T. Wingate
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1930?, uncertain
Date collected: 1908 - 1930
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Shell, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 38 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.29.71.3
Research and responses: The town Bastia may have been mistaken for the town Basseterre, the capital and main town/port of St. Kitts. [MOB 2/10/2000]
This object was examined by Dr Jago Cooper of the University of Leicester, as part of the Fell funded Characterizing the World Archaeology Collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum project. He advised that these are certainly not 'jingles' as suggested when the object was accessioned, but pendants. [AS 04/12/2009]
Associated publications: Reference: Finding the Forgotten: Locating Transatlantic Slavery in The Pitt Rivers Museum Collection, Main author: Jane Webster, 2025, Page: 123

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