Necklace of thirty-four seeds of Job's Tears (coix lacryma). Strung on red silk-like ribbon. Mounted onto a cardboard board. [BS [OPS Move] 28/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Necklace of thirty-four seeds of Job's Tears (coix lacryma). Strung on red silk-like ribbon. Mounted onto a cardboard board. [BS [OPS Move] 28/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; West Papua
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Ipswich Museum; PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1966
Date collected: By 1966
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes: Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Material Silk Textile Animal, Process Strung, Process Woven
Dimensions: Depth: max 9 mm excluding board, Depth: max 1 mm board, Width: max 18 mm excluding board, Width: max 72 mm board, Length: max 175 mm excluding board, Length: max 243 mm board
Object numbers: Accession number: 1966.1.556 Other numbers: 649