Breast ornament with a base carved of wood in the shape of two connected discs. The discs are overlaid with shell rings, abrus precatorius seeds and a small circular shell [?piece] in the centre. One disc has a string of halved ?coix seeds. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/9/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Breast ornament with a base carved of wood in the shape of two connected discs. The discs are overlaid with shell rings, abrus precatorius seeds and a small circular shell [?piece] in the centre. One disc has a string of halved ?coix seeds. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/9/2005]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Central Province Port Moresby Motu village
Person: Field collector Norman Heywood Hardy; PRM source Robert Francis Wilkins
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Shell, Material Abrus Precatorius Seed Plant, Material Resin Plant, Material Coix Seed Plant, Process Overlay, Process Bound, Process Carved, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length: max 215 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.55.444
Research and responses: RDF [1900.55] Handwritten list of Hardy collection - Entry same as Hardy special collection accession book entry.