- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Necklace of coconut and tridacna shell discs with rectangular tridacna and coconut spacers, strung on twisted fibre and joined with wire [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/7/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1868
- Date collected
- By 1868
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1954
- Materials and processes
- Material Coconut Husk Plant, Material Tridacna Clam Shell
- Dimensions
- Length: max 340 mm doubled
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1954.9.220 Other numbers: Beasley no. 2201
Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament
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