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1934.82.17

Young man’s neck ornament of strung glass beads and irridescent beetles. [SM 10/05/2007]

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1934.82.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Young man’s neck ornament of strung glass beads and irridescent beetles. [SM 10/05/2007]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Zeme Naga
Person
Field collector James Philip Mills
PRM source James Philip Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1936
Date collected
22 May 1936
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Beetle Insect, Material String, Process Strung, Process Perforated
Object numbers
Accession number: 1934.82.17
Associated publications
Reproduced in colour on page 256 of The Nagas - Hill Peoples of Northeast India: Society, Culture and the Colonial Encounter, by Julian Jacobs with Alan Macfarlane, Sarah Harrison and Anita Herle (London: Thames and Hudson, 1990). [SM 21/10/2011]

Search terms: Ornament, Status, Neck Ornament, Status Object

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