Ring, clamshell, chipped

Museum number:
11-43149
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Alternate number:
44 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Ring. Heavy clamshell, chipped, broken and glued in three places. diam. - 10.5 cm. Collector states that specimen is a "dollar" used solely in exchange.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Roviana Lagoon, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Materials:
Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rings (finger jewelry)
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
diameter 10.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ring, clamshell, chipped, accession number 11-43149, described as Ring. Heavy clamshell, chipped, broken and glued in three places. diam. - 10.5 cm. Collector states that specimen is a "dollar" used solely in exchange.

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