- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Nose ornament of tridacna shell. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 14/10/2010]
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1875
- Date collected
- ?Prior to 1875 or 1877
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Tridacna Clam Shell, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 210 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.84.6
Search terms: Ornament, Nose Ornament
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