- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- One of a pair of double-pronged turtleshell hair pins. See also 1906.20.112. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 31/1/2006]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Sarah Constance Silver
- PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1906
- Date collected
- By 1906
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 03/1906
- Materials and processes
- Material Turtleshell Reptile, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Length: max 66 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1906.20.111
- Research and responses
The 2 hair pins are entries [1906.20.111 - 112] and the spoons are entries [1906.20.113 - 115]. [CF 17/11/99]
See biographies database for more information on S. W. Silver. [MdeA 12 5 1998]
Search terms: Ornament, Hair Ornament
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