Pearlshell spoon and ceremonial valuable. Spoon, of shell, with string of beads attached; diameter 10.5 cm. Beads are 7 spondylus and 1 banana, attached with blue plastic line.
Donor:
Maria Lepowsky and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Massim region, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Massim
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
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)