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Arm ring made of shell
Bracelets made of shell are widespread in Melanesia, especially in the western part. There are two different types; thick heavy bracelets and the narrower bracelets cut from a shell and then polished.
Type of item
- Object Type: armband
- armband
- Armband
Date
- voor 1937
Medium
- Material: shell
- shell (animal material)
- Seashell
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1937
Provenance
- 1937-01-01
- Aankoop
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/47795
Format
- Technique: handmade
- handmade
- Handmade
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- carving
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-11T07:13:13.286Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z