- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Strand of mussel shell beads, strung on plaited plant fibre.
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1953
- Date collected
- By 1953
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1953
- Materials and processes
- Material Bead, Material Mussel Shell, Material Glass, Material Plant Fibre, Process Perforated, Process Strung
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1953.4.10.5
Search terms: Ornament, Bead, Waist Ornament
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