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1951.10.32

Neck ornament of cowrie shells, blue and white beads, and iron chains. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 20/10/2010]

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1951.10.32

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Collection type
Object
Description
Neck ornament of cowrie shells, blue and white beads, and iron chains. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 20/10/2010]
Geographical reference
Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Cultural groups
Kikuyu
Person
Field collector William Scoresby Routledge
PRM source John Harington
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1951
Date collected
By 1951
Acquisition information
Donated: 1951
Materials and processes
Material Cowrie Shell, Material Bead, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Iron Metal, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length 325 mm chains, approx, Length 250 mm collar, approx
Object numbers
Accession number: 1951.10.32
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Letter from John Harrington to Beatrice Blackwood dated 25 September, 1951, with information on his decision to donate Routledge's collection to the Pitt Rivers Museum: 'The late W. Scoresby Routledge died in 1939. By his will he appointed me his sole residuary legatee. He left no instructions for the disposal of his scientific or anthropological papers or specimens . . . They were given by me to the Pitt Rivers Museum in conformity with what I believe to have been his intention . . . .' [GI 4/2/2002]

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