Neck ornament of small white ground-down shells strung on plant fibre. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/2/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Neck ornament of small white ground-down shells strung on plant fibre. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/2/2006]
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 Shell, Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 700 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.70.166
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]

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