Neck ornament consisting of wild cat bones bound onto a plant fibre core, with twisted fibre tie cords. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/8/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Neck ornament consisting of wild cat bones bound onto a plant fibre core, with twisted fibre tie cords. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/8/2005]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: ?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 2005
Materials and processes: Material Cat Bone Animal, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Bound, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Length: max 280 mm doubled
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.140.845 Other numbers: 39 PR no.: Ag 7456d
Research and responses: Objects listed on pages 48 - 57 of the green book are associated with the date 21.1.78 and the number 7456d. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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