Nose ornament
A ‘shoal of fish’ ornament (parapara ni i’e) of turtle-shell and pearl shell.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 57/1926/53
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Collection Area Region
- MELAN
- Material
- turtleshellpearl shell
- Common Name
- nose ornament
- Simple Name
- ornament
- Production Town
- South Malaita to Makira (by style)
- Production County
- Santa Cruz Islands
- Production Country
- Solomon Islands
- Production Date
- 20th century
- Production Year High
- 1912
