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1956.12.65B

Bead necklace of tiny yellow, navy blue, white and red beads [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/7/2005]

1956.12.65B

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bead necklace of tiny yellow, navy blue, white and red beads [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/7/2005]
Geographical reference
Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Sarawak Rejang and Baram Rivers
Cultural groups
Penan
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1956
Date collected
By 1956
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1956
Materials and processes
Material Bead, Material Glass, Material String, Material Plant Fibre, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 310 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1956.12.65B Other PRM accession number: 1956.12.B 65
Research and responses

Letter from Guy Arnold to Beatrice Blackwood dated 18 June ?1956. "With regard to the duplicated numbers these are in fact all variations or different types. The sago eaters for example are two quite distinct types while the various beads are similar but together give a representative idea of what they wear. I would prefer to keep the collection as one since, although hardly complete, it does range through the greater amount of the normal things which they had in use." The letter then goes on to discuss the cost and the delivery of the collection. Also in the RDF, a complete hand written list of objects included in the collection with brief information for each (used in the Accession Book Entry), a typed list comprising the "whole collection of Ethnological Specimens from the Luar and Plieran Penans to be sent to the Pitt-Rivers Museum", and a receipt for payment of the collection, bought by the Pitt Rivers Museum from Guy Arnold, dated 30 July 1956. [EB 13/2/2002]

Associated publications
See: 'A General Report on the Organization, Work and Results of the Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak. 1955 - 1956' (Balfour Library Pamphlets; 'Indonesia Borneo' Box) [CF 1/3/2001]

Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament

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