Bangle

Description

Bangle of nine shell 'flowers', each made up of three white scallop shells forming petals around a small central shell, strung on white elastic: Pacific Peoples, Fiji, c. 1970

Museum reference

A.1995.639

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Bangle

Production information

Fiji, Polynesia

Date

c. 1970

Style / Culture

Fijian
Pacific Peoples
Melanesian

Materials

Shell, Elastic

Physical description

Elastic and cotton and glue and shell, scallop and snail