Grave ornament
- Made:
- 1701-1910
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Grave ornament, consisting of shell grille, made of giant clam shell, comb shaped and pierced, from Rubiana, Solomon Islands, 1701-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A123474
- Materials:
- tridacna
- Measurements:
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overall: 6 mm x 96 mm x 84 mm, .08 kg
- type:
- grave ornaments
- credit:
- Glendining
