Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1938.36.1697

Ornament of oval piece of shell with turtleshell carved in openwork fixed to it with a small shell and string. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/9/2005]

On display

1938.36.1697

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
Ornament of oval piece of shell with turtleshell carved in openwork fixed to it with a small shell and string. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/9/2005]
Person
Field collector Mrs Ernest John Wauchope
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 05/1939
Date collected
By May 1939
Acquisition information
Donated: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Turtleshell Reptile, Material Shell, Material String, Process Filigree, Process Openwork
Dimensions
Length: max 157 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1697 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1643

Search terms: Ornament

Related