canoe-ornament
- Museum number
- Oc1980,Q.290.a-f
- Description
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Three lengths of rattan, two mounted with rows of white mollusc shells, one with row of shell plaques, from a canoe.
- Dimensions
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Height: 113.50 centimetres (carved shells fragment)
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Height: 170 centimetres (longest fragment with whole shells)
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Height: 60 centimetres (medium fragment with whole shells)
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Height: 36 centimetres (shortest fragment with whole shells)
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Height: 12 centimetres (small fabric and feather boundle)
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Width: 6 centimetres (carved shells fragment)
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Width: 3.50 centimetres (longest fragment with whole shells)
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Width: 4 centimetres (medium fragment with whole shells)
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Width: 3.50 centimetres (shortest fragment with whole shells)
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Width: 3.50 centimetres (small fabric and feather boundle)
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Depth: 2 centimetres (carved shell fragment)
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Depth: 3 centimetres (longest fragment with whole shells)
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Depth: 3 centimetres (medium fragment with whole shells)
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Depth: 3 centimetres (shortest fragment with whole shells)
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres (small fabric and feather boundle)
- Curator's comments
- Apparently part of Oc1980,Q289, since old labels attached to each part read:
Part of Solomon Islands canoe. Presented by Messrs Levers Bros.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1980,Q.290.a-f