Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0400 | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Ornament / pendant | |
| Culture | Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | |
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| Other Geographic Data | Reef Islets, Banks Islands | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Shell (Tridacna sp.); Sea turtle shell (tortoiseshell); Cordage | |
| Description | Breast ornament consisting of round, flat disk of tridacna shell, cut and ground to shape and highly polished on both faces; Openwork cutout tortoise shell panel is attached to one face of disk by means of small cordage bundle that is threaded through drilled hole in tortoise shell and tridacna shell disk and tied at top of disk. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 15.2 | |