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1938.36.270

Necklet; cord with 15 pendant strings of halved coix seeds ending with shells & tufts of brown ?Cuscus (Phalanger sp.) fur. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/12/2005]

1938.36.270

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Collection type
Object
Description
Necklet; cord with 15 pendant strings of halved coix seeds ending with shells & tufts of brown ?Cuscus (Phalanger sp.) fur. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/12/2005]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Gulf Province Kikori District Orokolo Bay
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 Coix Seed Plant, Material Shell, Material Snail-Shell Animal, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material Animal Fur Skin, Process Perforated, Process Strung, Process Tied
Dimensions
Length: max 880 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.270 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 270

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