Leg ornament of strands of plant fibre wound with string and triple string of shell and gorgonia beads, with tassels of coix seeds, shell pendants and cowrie shells. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/9/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leg ornament of strands of plant fibre wound with string and triple string of shell and gorgonia beads, with tassels of coix seeds, shell pendants and cowrie shells. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/9/2005]
Geographical reference: Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands; Santa Cruz Islands
Person: Field collector Robert Henry Codrington; Field collector Melanesian Mission; PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1916
Date collected: By 1916
Acquisition information: Donated: 1916
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Shell, Material Gorgonia Coral Animal, Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Cowrie Shell, Material String, Process Strung, Process Perforated, Process Wound
Dimensions: Length: max 330 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.100.87
Research and responses: 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]

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