ear-pendant
- Museum number
- Oc1927,1003.23
- Description
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Crescent shaped pendant for the ear made of pearl shell.
- Dimensions
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Height: 3 centimetres
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Width: 5.50 centimetres
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Depth: 0.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Tied-on handwritten manilla label, cut close to Dennison reinforcement ring:
1039 1039
gitigiti
Reverse:
TC 178
S. P5. 67 1927
10-3
23
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Wheeler's catalogue ETHNOGRAPHICA FROM ALU AND MONO (Eth.Doc.1096) reads:
67. gitigiti. Earring made in Rubiana; bought by me in Alu. Made with European file and pocket knife; the back polished on a stone. Name of shell, kire. Probably one of a pair.
Note sheet number: 1039.Ref.Tf.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1927
- Acquisition notes
- Gerald C Wheeler was an anthropologist who researched in Solomon Islands in 1908 to 1909 on an expedition with W. H. R. Rivers and A. M. Hocart. He began on Simbo but spent most of his time on Alu. He gave collections of artefacts to the British Museum in 1927, registered as Oc1927.0310 and Oc1927.1003 and documented in Eth Doc 1096.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1927,1003.23
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 67 (Wheeler catalogue in Eth Doc 1096)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 1039 (Original collector(?) number)