Earring, one of a pair - see 1938.36.1268 for the other earring.

Collection type: Object
Description: Earring, one of a pair - see 1938.36.1268 for the other earring.
Long description: Earring. One of a pair, this being smaller in size than the other in the pair. Made from a flat disc of turtle shell with a hole in the centre and cut through the disc at the thinnest part. Edged with shells beads attached by plant fibre string binding them on to turtle shell base. One of a pair - see 1938.36.1268 for the other earring. [ASh [OPS move] 9/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; New Britain Bismarck Archipelago South Coast Gasmata District Kalagen Village
Cultural groups: Arawe
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 08/1937
Date collected: 9 August 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Turtleshell Reptile, Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Material Shell, Process Perforated, Process Bound
Dimensions: Depth: max 7 mm, Width: max 36 mm, Length: max 37 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.1269 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1201
Research and responses: Note: Kalagan village is the name used by the collector. This village may have moved, may no longer exist or the name could have subsequently changed. [CK 05 09 1997]

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