Ornament Fragment (uncertain)
2013-18-73
From: Truk Islands | Tol Islands | Polle
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2013-18-73 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Truk Islands | Tol Islands | Polle |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Conus Shell (uncertain) |
| Description | One half disk, flat on one side and with four deep concentric ridges on the other. Creamy white. From base of a Conus sp. shell? Tape label reading “Polle.” One of a collection of shell ornaments and fragments, mostly segments of rings, found together in an approximately 10 by 2 foot area of storm eroded beach on Polle Island. |
| Length | 11 cm |
| Width | 2.1 cm |
| Thickness | 0.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Stephen B. Richmond, 2013 |
| Other Number | 384 - Collector Number |
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