Object Number: E4510

Collection: World Cultures

Object Name: Personal Ornament

Description: Circular shell breast plate (tridacua shell). Twisted fibre cord loops through a hole in the middle of the breast plate several times and cord strands have been bunched up and knotted off. The shell itself, on both sides, is covered in a dark yellow substance- perhaps a resin or glue of some kind? Whether it got this whilst in care of the museum or before is unknown.