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1938.36.1706

Ornament; small Tridacna shell disc overlaid with a disc of turtleshell cut into openwork designs. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/11/2005]

1938.36.1706

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ornament; small Tridacna shell disc overlaid with a disc of turtleshell cut into openwork designs. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/11/2005]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
New Ireland Bismarck Archipelago
Person
Field collector Mrs Schroeder
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Clam Shell, Material Turtleshell Reptile, Material Plant Fibre, Process Filigree, Process Openwork, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Diameter: max 55 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1706 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1652

Search terms: Ornament

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