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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