Chief’s ornament; blue & yellow fibres tied into a ball with a long fringe and a twisted cord terminating in a blue & yellow tassel. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/10/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Chief’s ornament; blue & yellow fibres tied into a ball with a long fringe and a twisted cord terminating in a blue & yellow tassel. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/10/2005]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of
Person: Field collector Samuel William Pring; PRM source Katherine Mary Maybury; PRM source A.W.S. Pring
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: 1919 - 1920
Acquisition information: Donated: 1961
Materials and processes: Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Pigment, Process Shredded, Process Dyed, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Length: max 160 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1961.1.83
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letters, dated 2 October 1960 - 8 January 1961, from the donor regarding the donation of a collection made in the Belgian Congo and Australasia by her father S.W. Pring " in the years 1919 - 20... [he] returned with a collection of native weapons, ornaments, etc., and a diary." [EB 19/2/2002]

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