- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Shell ornament
- Long description
- Bow shaped piece of shell one corner of which has broken off. Wih two perforations in the centre and adjacent to each other with a small groove in between the two, resembling a button. Decoratively incised around the circumference of the shell. [JP 15/7/2003]
- Geographical reference
- St Kitts Ponds Estate site to the north of the sugar factory pier
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1930?, uncertain
- Date collected
- 1908 - 1930
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell, Process Incised, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 40 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.29.110
- Associated publications
- Reference: Finding the Forgotten: Locating Transatlantic Slavery in The Pitt Rivers Museum Collection, Main author: Jane Webster, 2025, Page: 123
1966.29.110
Shell ornament
1966.29.110
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