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1920.100.10

String of pink shell bead money with sections of black and white beads and tags of barkcloth and nutshells. [El.B 02/09/2011]

1920.100.10

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Collection type
Object
Description
String of pink shell bead money with sections of black and white beads and tags of barkcloth and nutshells. [El.B 02/09/2011]
Long description
String of pink shell bead money with sections of black and white beads and tags of barkcloth and nutshells. One of a bundle of four [1920.100.7-10] joined together at both ends. [El.B 02/09/2011]
Geographical reference
Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands
Florida Island
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1885
Date collected
By 1885
Acquisition information
Donated: 1885, uncertain Transferred: 1886, uncertain
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Plant Nut-husk, Material Bead, Process Strung, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 1803 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1920.100.10
Research and responses

These items were most probably first received by the OUMNH in 1885, and recorded in the OUMNH Annual Report for that year, see entry above [AP 15/10/2012]

Related Documents File - Letter from Codrington to Balfour, dated 13 July 1916 giving information regarding objects from San Cristoval, the Torres Islands and the Banks Islands, as well as plans for setting up a Museum at his former school. [See file for full text.] [MOB 15/11/2001]

Search terms: Currency, Token

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