Armlet

Description

Armlet consisting of a strip of dark tortoiseshell scored with ten parallel lines and bent round into the shape of a ring with overlapping ends: Micronesian, Caroline Islands, Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon

Museum reference

A.1948.377

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Armlet

Production information

Chuuk Lagoon, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, Caroline Islands, Micronesia

Materials

Tortoiseshell

Physical description

Dark tortoiseshell scored with ten parallel lines

Associations

Beasley Collection

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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