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1924.6.52

Triangular white shell pendant, decorated with dotted linear designs [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/7/2005]

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1924.6.52

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Collection type
Object
Description
Triangular white shell pendant, decorated with dotted linear designs [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/7/2005]
Cultural groups
French
Person
Field collector Henry Nottidge Moseley
Field collector HMS Challenger
PRM source Amabel Nevill Sollas
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1887
Date collected
1887
Acquisition information
Donated: 1924
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Process Decorated, Process Impressed, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 100 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1924.6.52
Research and responses

This object closely resembles three glass imitation trade ornaments [1902.8.8-10], worn by girls in Senegal and Gambia. It is possible that this object (which is probably not an imitation for trade but the real thing) is from the same area. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/7/2005]

Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament, Pendant

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