Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1966.1.633

Necklace of shells. Each strung on a separate copper link which is joined to the next. The shells are white speckled brown. Pendant consisting of three strings of three shells springs from central copper bound rivet. One shell missing. [ASh [OPS move] 25/11/2016]

1966.1.633

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Necklace of shells. Each strung on a separate copper link which is joined to the next. The shells are white speckled brown. Pendant consisting of three strings of three shells springs from central copper bound rivet. One shell missing. [ASh [OPS move] 25/11/2016]
Geographical reference
Northern Africa
Africa > Northern Africa
Person
Field collector Charles Packard
PRM source Ipswich Museum
PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1966
Date collected
By 1966
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes
Material Copper Metal, Material Pigment, Material Conus Shell, Process Riveted, Process Bound
Dimensions
Width: max 35 mm, Length: max 605 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1966.1.633

Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament, Pendant