shell ring
- Museum number
- 2015,2022.42
- Description
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Ring of cone shell, for the arm
- Production date
- 19thC(late)-20thC (before 1991)
- Dimensions
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Height: 0.80 centimetres
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Width: 7 centimetres
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Depth: 7 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Rings of coneshell were worn as valuable ornaments throughout Solomon Islands, smaller ones as pendants and larger ones on the arms.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2015
- Acquisition notes
- Given by Rev John Pinder on behalf of the Melanesian Mission in the UK. From a collection which remained with the Melanesian Mission after the majority of its collection was dispersed in 1991.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2015,2022.42