Object Number: MIPCM 206.016
Object Name: Body Ornament
Collection: Goldie Objects Collection
Description: Eastern Papuan Gulf?
Collected c. 1876–1890.
Donated by Mr & Mrs Goldie, Ferry Road,
Millport, 1978
Large white shell disc suspended from a string of red Spondylus shell, white shell and coconut shell discs. 44 cm (l); Shell pendant (bailer shell?): 12 cm (diam.).
Notes: Similar to a type of chest ornament worn by the Elema peoples of the eastern Papuan Gulf and probably obtained through trade with peoples of the southeast coast.
