- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Man’s bead ear ornament with red string. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 26/11/2010]
- Cultural groups
- Penan
- Person
- Field collector Guy Arnold
- Field collector Oxford University Expedition to Borneo
- PRM source Guy Arnold
- PRM source Oxford University Expedition to Borneo
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1956
- Date collected
- By 1956
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1956
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material String Plant, Process Strung
- Dimensions
- Length: max 27 mm without strings
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1956.12.83.4B
- Research and responses
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, Ear Ornament
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