Neck ornament
Production date
Unknown
Country
Solomon Islands
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Object detail
Description
String of white shell disks on natural fibre string, L. 1000mm.
Classification
INDIGENOUS CULTURES Melanesian & South Sea Islander neck ornament
NUMISMATICS (COINS AND TOKENS)
NUMISMATICS (COINS AND TOKENS)
Maker
Production date
Unknown
Production place
Measurements
L. 1000mm
Media/Materials description
Shell, plant fibre
History and use
This necklace is from the Helen Barrett collection, which was donated to Queensland Museum in 2014. Miss Helen Barrett worked as a nurse with the Australian Board of Mission in Solomon Islands from 1947 until 1984. Barrett was based at Tasia in Isabel Province, and Maravovo on Guadalcanal before being stationed at the Hospital of the Epiphany at Fauabu, Malaita from 1968 until 1984. In the 1990s, Barrett worked with the Mothers' Union in the Torres Strait Islands. Her collection largely comprises of objects that were presented as gifts over the course of her missionary work in Melanesia.
The necklace is part of a set that was borrowed and used in Brisbane by visiting delegates from the Mothers' Union.
The necklace is part of a set that was borrowed and used in Brisbane by visiting delegates from the Mothers' Union.
Registration number
E40768
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