Collection place: New Guinea, Melanesia / Loans: S1976-1977 #70: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Karen Nero (April 13, 1977–April 14, 1977) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Armband, accession number 11-41894, described as Conus shell armband with five attached cowrie-type shells with strings of colored glass beads and banana shell beads strung on nylon (?) fishline. Twisted fiber rope tied through armshell.

Hearst Museum object titled Armlet, accession number 11-40127, described as Armshell of cone shell; width 6.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Armlet, accession number 11-37061, described as Conus shell armband decorated with 8 banana seed beads and 2 strings of red shell disk beads (Spondylus) and 2 banana seed beads on fiber string.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 11-40083, described as Belt; Spondylus shell discs; length 83 cm; width 3.4 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Engraving tool, accession number 11-42165, described as A pair of bone gouges bound together with leaf fiber: two-ended wood engraving tools. Made from Wallaby rib bones. L. 17 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Lime gourd, accession number 11-40186, described as Lime gourd, round. Bead and mother-of-pearl pendants, attached to ends of hanging cord. Stopper: pig tusk is loose. Stopper: yellow orchid stem right twill , fern binding, 2 narrow rows of plain weave over broad 6/6 band of orchid stem; bottom row binding. Materials: Bottlegourd, glass beads, mother-of-pearl, tight 3- & 11-ply barkfiber cords. Fern fiber, orchid stem, lime. Used as container for lime, which is chewed with betel and areca nut. (See 11-40181) diam. - 9.5 cm., height - 13 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Lime spatula, accession number 11-39940, described as Lime-spatula of black wood, flattened handle with incised designs, plus multicolored glass bead strings attached. 34.5 cm length.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 11-40087, described as Necklace; Spondylus shell disc beads; four black banana seed; length 36 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Paintbrush, accession number 11-42109, described as Paintbrush; shredded fiber bound to carved wooden handle; L. 38.8 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Prow ornament, accession number 11-39735, described as Prow ornament for an outrigger canoe, the distal piece, tabuyo. Traces of white, red, and black paint on relief carved designs, lower margin broken away. 41.5 cm length, 21.5 cm width