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1931.86.163

Jingle of four shells strung together with beads. [MJD (Verve) 30/1/2017]

1931.86.163

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Collection type
Object
Description
Jingle of four shells strung together with beads. [MJD (Verve) 30/1/2017]
Long description
Jingle of four shells strung together. Made of two sections of lengths of beads, one is a woven band of white trade beads, the other a woven band of white (and one blue) trade beads with a white and one blue beads at the end. One of the smaller shells alone has a double clapper of two dolphin's teeth. The apices (tops) of the shells have been cut down. [MJD (Verve) 30/1/2017]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Bougainville Buka Petats Island
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 10/1929
Date collected
October 1929
Acquisition information
Donated: 1931
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Bead, Material String, Material Dolphin Tooth Animal, Process Perforated, Process Woven, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 140 mm, Width: max 45 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1931.86.163 Other numbers: Blackwood number 162

Search terms: Music, Dance, Ritual and Ceremonial, Ornament, Trade, Musical Instrument, Rattle