- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ornament of concave Melo shell disc overlaid with circular disc of turtleshell carved into openwork designs. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/11/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Gulf Province Kikori District Orokolo Bay
- Cultural groups
- Orokolo (Western Elema)
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1937
- Date collected
- By 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell, Material Turtleshell Reptile, Material Plant Fibre, Process Overlay, Process Carved, Process Openwork
- Dimensions
- Length: max 70 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.188 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 188
Search terms: Ornament
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