Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1884.73.34

Head ornament: a bamboo hoop with perforated white univalve shells bound on with coconut fibre string. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/8/2005]

1884.73.34

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Head ornament: a bamboo hoop with perforated white univalve shells bound on with coconut fibre string. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/8/2005]
Geographical reference
Tuvalu
Oceania > Polynesia > Tuvalu
Unknown
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1884
Date collected
?1841
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Bamboo Plant, Material String, Material Coconut Fibre Plant, Process Bound, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Diameter: max 220 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.73.34 PR Cat other PR nos: ? 4128

Search terms: Ornament, Head Ornament