arm-band
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.1484
- Description
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Large, ground, partially polished, heavy Trochus sp. shell armband (unfinished) tied to Oc1906,1013.1483. Pearlescent, wide section at one side with small circular perforation; band rounded with ridge.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 10.90 centimetres (max)
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Diameter: 9.90 centimetres (smallest)
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Height: 1.10 centimetres (at projecting side)
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Height: 1.30 centimetres (max)
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Thickness: 1.20 centimetres (ca.)
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Thickness: 1.90 centimetres (max)
- Curator's comments
- Expedition label made by Dennison & Co. tied to Oc1906,1013.1483-4, written in pencil reads: 'Wagawaga'. 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
- Oc1906,1013.1484
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1906,1013.1483-1484 (Previous group record)