- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Neck ornament, consisting of 12 Echinus spines, perforated at the top, and strung onto a twisted coconut fibre cord. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/6/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1929
- Date collected
- By 1929
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1941
- Materials and processes
- Material Sea Urchin Shell, Material Coconut Fibre Plant, Process Perforated, Process Strung, Process Twisted
- Dimensions
- Length: max 240 mm cord, doubled
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1941.2.70 Other numbers: 2348
Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament
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