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1884.76.47

Coral and shell neck ornament.

1884.76.47

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Collection type
Object
Description
Coral and shell neck ornament.
Date / Period
Date made: Before 29/04/1878
Date collected
By 29 April 1878
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Shell, Material Gorgonia Coral Animal, Process Strung, Process Threaded
Dimensions
Length: max 600 mm doubled, approx
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.76.47 PR Cat other PR nos: 3343a
Research and responses

The sale at which this was purchased was announced in The Times, no. 29,238 (Thursday 25 April 1878), p. 16, col. a: 'To Collectors and Keepers of Museums. FOR SALE by Public AUCTION, at the London Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, on Monday, 29th April, 1878, a collection of WARLIKE IMPLEMENTS, comprising spears, bows and arrows, clubs, &c.; also dresses, charms, idols, &c. from the Fiji and Solomon Islands. Catalogues and all particulars of DEVITT and HETT, Brokers, 16, Mark-lane.' [JC 6 11 2014]

Search terms: Bead, Ornament, Neck Ornament

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