dala
- Museum number
- Oc1959,06.8
- Description
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Dala ornament: a disk of tridacna-shell overlaid with a fretwork of turtleshell attached by the centre, for the head
- Dimensions
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Height: 11.32 centimetres
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Width: 11.21 centimetres
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Depth: 1.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Register reads for Oc1959,06.1 to Oc1959,06.9:
[CENTRAL] SOLOMON Is
Dala is the most common Solomon Islands name for this ornament (resembling the kapkap of Papua New Guinea) which in former times was always worn on the head.
See Burt (2009) 'Body Ornaments of Malaita'.
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Register 1959
Composite ornament: a disc of turtle shell carved in openwork, superimposed on a disc of white clam shell.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Acquisition notes
- Register reads:
An ethnographical collection from the SOLOMON IS. formed by the Rev. Tom Dent (missionary) between 1921 and 1934.
Rev. Dent was a missionary with the Methodist Mission in the New Georgia group, at Marovo from 1922 to 1934, then at Roviana for a year (Luxton 1955:111,154)
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1959,06.8