nose ornament

Crescent-shaped pendant to be worn in the nose, decorated with an incised geometric patterbn along the bottom edge and a fish in the centre.

Pendant of pearlshell, for the nose. Label reads: Guadalcanar Marau Sound'. Marau is a community of ‘Are’are speakers originating from Malaita at the east end of Guadalcanal.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
19.123iii
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 43 mm x 18 mm x 4 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
shell
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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