Neck ornament made of mangrove seeds strung on a plant fibre string. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/6/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Neck ornament made of mangrove seeds strung on a plant fibre string. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 3/6/2005]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Andaman Islands
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Plant Seed, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Strung, Process Threaded
Dimensions: Diameter: max 175 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.75.20 PR no.: 30/ 11935 ?130/ 11935
Associated publications: JAI, 1878: 464 'Ngâtîa-tâ-da Necklace and chaplet made from the fruit of one of the various descriptions of the mangrove tree Pl XII' [Taken from 'List of Andamanese and Nicobarese Implements Ornaments etc presented to Major-General Lane Fox by EH Man esq and thus described by Mr Man 18th September 1877'][AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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