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1941.3.20

Man’s necklace of long narrow half-seeds, threaded on palm fibre string. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/8/2005]

1941.3.20

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Collection type
Object
Description
Man’s necklace of long narrow half-seeds, threaded on palm fibre string. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 2/8/2005]
Cultural groups
Macusi
Person
Field collector James Williams
PRM source Mrs James Williams
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1941
Date collected
By 1941
Acquisition information
Donated: 03/1941
Materials and processes
Material Plant Seed, Material Palm Fibre Plant, Material String Plant
Dimensions
Length: max 470 mm doubled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1941.3.20
Research and responses

Related Documents File - See 'List of Macusi Native Indian Curios from Rupununni, British Guiana. Presented by the wife of the late Rev. James Williams. A.K.C. F.R. Hist: S. Missionary to these Indians for 5 years.' Handwritten note at the bottom of the list: 'The page numbers on the cards refer to the pages in "Among the Indians of Guiana" by Im Thurn. Where quotations are given concerning most of these curios.' [GI 19/12/2001]

Search terms: Ornament, Status, Neck Ornament

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