nose-ornament
- Museum number
- Oc,89+.65
- Description
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Curved nose-ornament made from clam shell, black gum in the centre.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1889)
- Dimensions
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Height: 6.50 centimetres
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Width: 18 centimetres
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Depth: 1.40 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Registration slip information: 'No. 5 "Gooboo" nose ornament made of shell. Badu"
See David R. Moore, 'The Torres Strait collections of A.C. Haddon', London, British Museum Publications Ltd, 1984, p.45, plate 5
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Reasonable - some gum missing?
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,89+.65
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1889C16.65 (old CDMS no.)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 5 (Haddon)
