Arm ornament of shell with decoration of halved seeds and red shell discs. Also attached is a loop of thin twisted plant fibre. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/9/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Arm ornament of shell with decoration of halved seeds and red shell discs. Also attached is a loop of thin twisted plant fibre. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/9/2005]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Milne Bay Province
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1881
Date collected: ?Prior to 1881
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Conus Shell, Material Plant Seed, Material Shell, Material Plant Fibre, Process Perforated, Process Twisted, Material Banana Seed Plant
Dimensions: Diameter: max 120 mm external, Diameter: max 78 mm internal
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.82.151 PR no.: 18/ 12395
Research and responses: This type of armshell is not found in the Admiralty Islands but in the Massim (Milne Bay Province). [JMC 19/8/2019]