Armlet

Description

Circular armlet made from a section of conus shell, the overlap perforated and ornamented with black seed beads attached by twine, used as currency: Melanesia, New Guinea, Trobriand Islands

Museum reference

A.1927.10

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Armlet

Production information

Trobriand Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Materials

Conus shell, Seed

Physical description

Conus shell; overlap perforated and ornamented with black seed beads attached by twine

Associations

A.1926.546 - A.1926.598

References

Seligman, Melanesians of British New Guinea, p. 513