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2003.89.3

Necklace consisting of two strings of plant fibre threaded with small brown seeds, joined at regular intervals with a single cowrie shell, and with a pendant of two short strings of plant fibre threaded with the same small brown seeds, four large brown seed pods, cowrie shells and four smaller shells. [JP 17/5/2004]

2003.89.3

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Collection type
Object
Description
Necklace consisting of two strings of plant fibre threaded with small brown seeds, joined at regular intervals with a single cowrie shell, and with a pendant of two short strings of plant fibre threaded with the same small brown seeds, four large brown seed pods, cowrie shells and four smaller shells. [JP 17/5/2004]
Person
Field collector J. E. Michael Stewart-Smith
PRM source Betty M. Milner
Date / Period
Date made: Before 05/1954
Date collected
May 1954
Acquisition information
Donated: 2003
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Material Plant Seed, Material Plant Seed Capsule, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 520 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2003.89.3

Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament

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