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1954.9.60

?Neck ornament consisting of 8 sets of 5 dentalium shells alternating with dark blue and turquoise beads, with hide strips as spacers. Strung on sinew but tied with strips of trade cloth. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/9/2005]

1954.9.60

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Collection type
Object
Description
?Neck ornament consisting of 8 sets of 5 dentalium shells alternating with dark blue and turquoise beads, with hide strips as spacers. Strung on sinew but tied with strips of trade cloth. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/9/2005]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Donated: 1954
Materials and processes
Material Textile, Material Bead, Material Animal Hide Skin, Material Animal Sinew, Material Dentalium Shell, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 290 mm as tied
Object numbers
Accession number: 1954.9.60 Other numbers: Beasley no. 1.7.1933
Research and responses

Beasley numbers probably refer to the date on which Beasley acquired an object. [CW 20/7/2000]

Search terms: Ornament, Trade, Neck Ornament

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