Armlet

Museum number:
11-37061
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1604
Description:
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.
Donor:
University of Cambridge
Collection place:
Southeastern New Guinea, Melanesia
Culture or time period:
Massim
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
7.4 Non-issued Media of Exchange, Symbolic Valuables, and Associated Containers
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1970-1971 #68: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Sulamith Potter (January 12, 1971–January 14, 1971), S1976-1977 #70: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Karen Nero (April 13, 1977–April 14, 1977), S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986), S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987), S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987), and S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 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 2 of 3 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 3 of 3 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.

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