Ornament; single cowrie shell (Cypraea sp.) overlaid with black banana seeds, strings of red & black glass beads & 2 animal teeth with a long string of white (?nassa) shells. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/11/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ornament; single cowrie shell (Cypraea sp.) overlaid with black banana seeds, strings of red & black glass beads & 2 animal teeth with a long string of white (?nassa) shells. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/11/2005]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Gulf Province Kikori District Orokolo Bay
Cultural groups: Orokolo (Western Elema)
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1937
Date collected: By 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Shell, Material Banana Seed Plant, Material String, Process Overlay, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length: max 90 mm cowrie, Length: max 680 mm shells
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.245 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 245

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