Pendant
54-6-2
From: Solomon Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | 54-6-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Solomon Islands |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Shell |
Description | Disc of tridacna shell; engraved decoration, blackened: two birds with spread wings and beaks joined and holding a long pendant termination ina disc; above the bird heads, a T-shaped motif. Narrow border of panels each with pendant and upright semicircle; panels marked by a ticked line. Drilled hole near one edge; opposite edge damaged in two places. |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mathias Komor, 1954 |
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