ornament;
kapkap
- Museum number
- Oc1926,-.82
- Description
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Ornament, kapkap made of a disc of tridacna shell, overlaid with a smaller thin disc of elaborately carved turtle-shell. The two pieces are connected by a fibre string passed through central holes.
- Production date
- 1901 (before)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 7.60 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Marked on reverse in pencil:
N. BRITAIN
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1926
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1926,-.82
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1926C3.81-83 (old CDMS no.)