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1900.55.546

Oval pendant of tridacna shell with incised frigate bird design infilled with black. 2 shell disc beads attached with plant fibre string through suspension hole. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/9/2005]

1900.55.546

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Collection type
Object
Description
Oval pendant of tridacna shell with incised frigate bird design infilled with black. 2 shell disc beads attached with plant fibre string through suspension hole. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/9/2005]
Geographical reference
Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands
San Cristobal
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 Tridacna Clam Shell, Material String, Material Shell, Material Bead, Material Pigment, Process Incised, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 65 mm, Length x Width: max 48 x 38 mm pendant
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.55.546
Research and responses

Related Documents File - [1900.55] Handwritten list of Hardy collection - Entry same as Hardy special collection accession book entry.

Search terms: Ornament, Figure, Pendant, Bird Figure

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