animal remains
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.1251.a-c
- Description
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Three white cowrie shells with natural pink interior (?Ovula costellata), perforated at posterior and strung together with expedition label.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.50 - 2.60 centimetres
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Length: 3.20 - 3.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Expedition label stamped DANIELS ETHNOGRAPHICAL EXPEDITION written in black ink reads: 'Tubetube BUNDOGA from Teste Is. 6930 (a) [struck through in red ink]'. Comment by Heather Donoghue, Ph.D candidate, UEA, 2020.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired during the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1906,1013.1251.a-c