Ornament Item Number: 1461/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
An ornament with the central piece being a flat, round, circular shell from which dangles a cowrie shell surrounded by black-brown seed beads and two strings of green and red beads with a seashell at each end and a plant fibre, possibly grass, below. The central piece has the following written in pencil: "BELE & KARE Tamana".
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea
- Owned by Cyril S. Belshaw before December 12, 1990
- Received from Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor) on December 12, 1990
What
- Name
- Ornament
- Identification Number
- 1461/5
- Type of Item
- ornament
- Material
- fibre, seed, cowrie shell and grass ?
- Overall
- height 3.0 cm, width 71.0 cm, depth 7.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Motu
- Previous Owner
- Cyril S. Belshaw
- Received from
- Cyril S. Belshaw (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 12, 1990
- Acquisition Date
- on December 12, 1990
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1461/0005