lantern slide (photographic)
- Museum number
- Oc,G.T.2621
- Description
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Photograph (black and white); lantern slide; nine Solomon Islands clam shell disc shaped ornaments, all but one with turtle shell overlay, with various geometric designs and beadwork. Appears to be a photograph of objects as displayed in the British Museum with display labels.
Photographic process
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.20 centimetres
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Width: 8.20 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
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Related information: This lantern slide was found housed in a wooden box. A handwritten label stuck to the box reads:
AUSTRALIA, HAWAII, EASTER ISLAND, SOLOMON IDS, AFRICA LANTERN SLIDES (42) H.P.
In the box it was given the number 27 and the caption Solomon Ids Museum specimens
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Related image: this image can also be found in Oc,B33.11 and A69.91
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From left to right going down in rows:
1. British Museum object Oc,RHC.33
2. British Museum object
3. British Museum object Oc,RHC.34
4. British Museum object Oc1980,Q.378
5. British Museum object Oc.6398
6. British Museum object Oc,RHC.32
7. British Museum object Oc.6397
8. British Museum object
9. British Museum object Oc1889,1205.1
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,G.T.2621