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1951.2.41

Neck ornament, consisting of 35 rectangular perforated panels of pearl shell, attached to a cotton string. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/7/2005]

1951.2.41

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Collection type
Object
Description
Neck ornament, consisting of 35 rectangular perforated panels of pearl shell, attached to a cotton string. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/7/2005]
Cultural groups
Enxet
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1951
Date collected
By 1951
Acquisition information
Donated: 1951
Materials and processes
Material Pearl Shell, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Process Strung, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length: max 315 mm doubled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1951.2.41 Other numbers: WHMM no 175,184
Research and responses

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, Gran Chaco is a lowland plain which lies in Paraguay, Argentina and Bolivia. These have all thus been suggested as provenances, although it should be noted that according to the Ethnologue Online, the Lengua are from Paraguay. [CW 7/6/2000]

Related Documents File - Letter from E. Ashworth Underwood [Director, The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum] to T. K. Penniman dated 30 January, 1951, inviting the Pitt Rivers Museum to send a representative to select items from the Wellcome collection, housed temporarily at the British Museum. [GI 4/2/2002]

Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament

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