Turtle shell wristlet with incised designs. [ASh [OPS move] 23/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Turtle shell wristlet with incised designs. [ASh [OPS move] 23/11/2016]
Long description: Turtle shell wristlet with incised designs. Bent into a roughly circular shape with both ends overlapping. Incised with two central ovals; one with a vertical band and the other with a circle in the centre. There are bands with zigzag patterns incised either side of these, which are meant to represent crocodile's teeth. Bordered with a deep groove on one edge of the wristlet. All incised designs are infilled with white pigment. [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]
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1937
Date collected: By 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Turtleshell Reptile, Material Tortoiseshell Reptile, Material Lime, Process Incised, Process Bent
Dimensions: Height: max 83 mm, Width: max 54 mm, Length: max 65 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.1010 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 953

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