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1938.36.1000

Turtleshell wristlet. [ASh [OPS move] 23/11/2016]

1938.36.1000

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Collection type
Object
Description
Turtleshell wristlet. [ASh [OPS move] 23/11/2016]
Long description
Turtleshell wristlet. The strip has been bent into a circle with the two ends overlapping. Incised with a central circle with a cross pattern surrounding the circle. Either side of the cross are bands slaloming over one another. Infilled with zig zag patterns and circles. Some evidence of white pigment within the incisions. [ASh [OPS move] 23/11/2016]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Morobe Province Tewai-Siassi District Umboi Island [Rook Island] Barim village
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 05/1937
Date collected
25 May 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Turtleshell Reptile, Material Tortoiseshell Reptile, Material Pigment, Process Incised, Process Bent
Dimensions
Depth: max 66 mm, Width: max 54 mm, Length: max 64 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1000 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 943

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