Neck ornament, consisting of 12 parallel strings of brown and white Coix seeds strung in alternation. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/8/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Neck ornament, consisting of 12 parallel strings of brown and white Coix seeds strung in alternation. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/8/2005]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Naga
Person: Field collector Samuel Edward Peal; PRM source Samuel Edward Peal; PRM source Sidney E. Peal
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1897
Date collected: By 1897
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1897
Materials and processes: Material Plant Seed, Material String, Process Perforated, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length: max 260 mm doubled
Object numbers: Accession number: 1897.67.48
Research and responses: It seems clear that the name of the collector and donor should be Samuel Edward Peal of Sibsagar, who died in 1897, although perhaps the items were donated after this death by a relative with the same initials? See biographies for more information [AP 20/08/2013]

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