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1926.23.75

Breast pendant: a ring of shell. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/9/2005]

1926.23.75

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Collection type
Object
Description
Breast pendant: a ring of shell. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/9/2005]
Geographical reference
Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands
New Georgia
Person
Field collector Charles Edward Monro
Field collector HMS Penguin
PRM source Charles Edward Monro
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1895
Date collected
1894 -1895
Acquisition information
Donated: 1926
Materials and processes
Material Shell
Dimensions
Diameter: max 60 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1926.23.75

Search terms: Ornament, Breast Ornament, Pendant

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