Arm ornament of four shell bangles. [ASh [OPS move] 15/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Arm ornament of four shell bangles. [ASh [OPS move] 15/11/2016]
Long description: Arm ornament, made up of four shell bangles, one of which has a foliate pattern incised into the surface, another has notches cut into the surface creating a zigzag pattern and the remaining two are plain. Secured together with a twisted and plaited section of string. [ASh [OPS move] 15/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Morobe Province Tewai-Siassi District Umboi Island [Rook Island]
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 05/1937
Date collected: May 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Snail-Shell Animal, Material Plant Fibre, Process Twisted, Process Plaited, Process Incised
Dimensions: Diameter: max 100 mm, Height: max 88 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.987 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 930

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