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1928.69.211

Boy's necklet of twenty-four threaded sections of wing bone of hornbill. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/6/2005]

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1928.69.211

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Collection type
Object
Description
Boy's necklet of twenty-four threaded sections of wing bone of hornbill. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/6/2005]
Geographical reference
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Konyak Naga
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1921
Date collected
February 1921
Acquisition information
Loaned: 05/1921 Donated: 1928
Materials and processes
Material Bird Bone, Material String, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 230 mm doubled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1928.69.211

Search terms: Ornament, Children and Childcare, Neck Ornament