armlet
- Museum number
- Oc,+.3526
- Description
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Armlet made of tortoise-shell, engraved on the outside with three rows of ornamentation.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1887)
- Curator's comments
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See Christy Correspondence:
Letter E Giglioli, Museo Zoologico dei Vertebrati, Florence/A W Franks, 10 Nov. 1886 despatching 7 items in exchange for 2 stone adzes. One of the accompanying notes reads:
'Two very fine Tortoishell bracelets from Finsch Harbour N.E. coast of New Guinea.' and is annotated '+3525-26'
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Armband - for armband. Turtle shell. To wear at sing sing. People would put flowers and decorations in it. For adults. Open it up to slip it on.
Porer Nombo and Pinabin Sisau, Reite Village, Madang, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia Project 5 August 2009. Tape 48
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1887
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.3526
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1887C2.3525-3526 (old CDMS no.)
