Turtle shell comb deocrated with six strings of red and white beads, terminating in a larger bead or a seed. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/10/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Turtle shell comb deocrated with six strings of red and white beads, terminating in a larger bead or a seed. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/10/2005]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Oro Province Ijivitari District Collingwood Bay
Cultural groups: Ubir
Person: Field collector Arthur Kent Chignell; PRM source William Henry Chignell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: By 1908
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Turtleshell Reptile, Material Bead, Material Plant Seed, Process Carved, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length: max 200 mm without tassels
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.70.112
Research and responses: It is clear that the field collector must have been Arthur Kent Chignell, a missionary at Wanigela from 1907, and William Henry Chignell, the donor (he was actually his father) see biographies for details [AP 23/04/2014 amended September 2015 to be clear]
The Ethnologue gives the current spelling of Ubiri as Ubir and says their home is 'Oro Province, Tufi District, coast of Collingwood Bay on the Kwagila River', for Maisin the Ethnologue says 'Oro Province, villages along coast of Collingwood Bay and Kosirava swamp.' [AP 11/5/2000]