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1895.43.19

Spiral boar tusk chest ornament with red Spondylus shell discs in the necklace [ZM 08/06/2015]

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1895.43.19

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Collection type
Object
Description
Spiral boar tusk chest ornament with red Spondylus shell discs in the necklace [ZM 08/06/2015]
Long description
Neck ornament with boar's tusk pendant and strings decorated with small red and white shell disc beads. Also with short strings of shell disc beads ending in halved seed capsules. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/2/2006]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source S.G. Fenton and Company
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1895
Date collected
By 1895
Acquisition information
Purchased: 30/01/1895
Materials and processes
Material Boar Tooth Animal, Material Shell, Material String, Material Plant Seed Capsule, Process Strung, Process Wound
Dimensions
Length: max 455 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1895.43.19

Search terms: Ornament, Pendant

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