head-ornament
- Museum number
- Oc.6927
- Description
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Head ornament, hood-shaped, of turtle-shell, iron wire, cloth, vegetable fibre, cord. Engraved on the convex face and having a frill iron wire around the rim.
- Production date
- 1870 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 18 centimetres
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Width: 20 centimetres
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Depth: 11 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Christy collection registration slip descriptio, written in 1870?:
From Mt. Ernest, or Mulgrave Ids, Torres Strait
Ornament for the head - a hood shaped plate of tortoiseshell, engraved on the convex face, & having a grill iron wire, round the rim.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1870
- Acquisition notes
- Pres by A W Franks NOv 9 1870 (Kennett Coll.).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.6927
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1870C1.6927 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1870C1109.282