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1942.1.57

Arm ornament made of cowrie shell on strips of trade cloth [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/7/2005]

1942.1.57

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Collection type
Object
Description
Arm ornament made of cowrie shell on strips of trade cloth [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/7/2005]
Person
Field collector John Dewhurst Bodger
PRM source John Dewhurst Bodger
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1936
Date collected
By 1942
Acquisition information
Donated: 1936
Materials and processes
Material Cowrie Shell, Material Textile, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 300 mm as tied
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.1.57
Research and responses

Note that there is a biography entry for a John Bodger but it does not give second name initial, there are 2 John Bodgers on the database and they are not likely to be the same person as one was collecting circa 1860 [the other one] and this one's dates are later and more in line with biography. Both were missionaries [AP 14/2/2003]

Search terms: Ornament, Trade, Arm Ornament

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