Seven shell waste fragments [.1-.7] from a shell armlet production site.

Collection type: Object
Description: Seven shell waste fragments [.1-.7] from a shell armlet production site.
Long description: Pieces of shell [.1-.7] from bangle-making. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/8/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Tamil Nadu Thoothukudi District Korkai
Person: Field collector James Hornell; PRM source James Hornell
Date
Date collected: By 1924
Acquisition information: Donated: 1924
Materials and processes: Material Shell
Dimensions: Length: max 35 mm, Length: max 40 mm, Length: max 40 mm, Length: max 45 mm, Length: max 40 mm, Length: max 30 mm, Length: max 30 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1924.21.1.1 Accession number: 1924.21.1.2 Accession number: 1924.21.1.3 Accession number: 1924.21.1.4 Accession number: 1924.21.1.5 Accession number: 1924.21.1.6 Accession number: 1924.21.1.7
Associated publications: This assemblage is discussed in Hornell, J. 1914. The sacred chank of India: a monograph of the Indian Conch (Turbinella pyrum). Madras: Government Press (Madras Fisheries Bureau Bulletin 7). A photograph, probably including some these objects, titled 'Chank shell waste from ancient bangle factories at Korkai, Kayal and Tuticorin (2 upper rows) compared with modern waste pieces from Dacca (bottom row, where a working section is also shown', is reproduced as Plate VI, Fig. 1. [Dan Hicks 04/07/2012]

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