Friday, February 7, 2014

Object numbers and information

Here is a list of the objects that I picked and some information about them.  Pictures to come later.  It seems like a lot of objects, but there are two sets.

74-2-18a P10
74-2-18b P10
74-2-13 CAB-1-692
74-2-56 D
74-2-65 R-C14- top
74-2-84 R-B-T-floor
74-2-85a R-B-T floor
74-2-85b CAB-1-692

74-2-18a+b
Accession sheet description:small ivory container with screw lid.  Notes: design carved in lid.

74-2-13 MSC6
Accession sheet description: blown ostrich egg. Notes: damaged- broken piece, but the egg is still whole.

74-2-56 MSC4
Accession sheet description: Emu shell cameo New Zealand. Notes: New Zealand may not be right because the Emu lives in Australia, and there are extra notes with the object.  Notes with object: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.  A cameo cut from the shell of an Emu egg representing a cockatoo and a laughing [I think it's just eating a worm] jackass or kingfisher within an outline of the Australian continent. 

74-2-65 MSC11 Beardsley #22
Accession sheet description: Dance rattle Puffin beak.  Tag description: Alaskan dance rattle of cuttlefish beaks [correction: it is Puffin].

74-2-84 Fib34, Beardsley #80
Accession sheet description: grass skirt lahala and tapa [correction: lauhala]. Notes: Lauhala = Leaf in Hawaiian, and refers to hala tree leaves.

74-2-85a Fib 36
Accession sheet description: Green and red pattern skirt. Notes: mostly the band currently exists.
74-2-85b Fib 37
Accession sheet description:Green and red pattern skirt. Notes: stripes red and green.  More intact than 74-2-85a.

Sunday, February 2, 2014