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Object Number
41-22-70/1990
Display Title
Chief's badge--large shell disc perforated in center, rope through hole
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pendant, white shell disk, perforated center, knotted fiber cord, chipped edge
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Ndende Island
Materials
Shell, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 28 x 11.3 x 1 cm (11 x 4 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
41-22-70/1990
Provenance
Collector
Helen Shoemaker
(1937 - 1941)
Intermediary
Mr. Donald C. Scott
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