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1898.18.5

Child's necklet worn against disease. Red twisted cord with 4 tubular metal beads and charm sewn up in cloth.

1898.18.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Child's necklet worn against disease. Red twisted cord with 4 tubular metal beads and charm sewn up in cloth.
Geographical reference
Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma)
Shan State Kengtung
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1898
Date collected
By 1898
Acquisition information
Donated: 1898
Materials and processes
Material Textile, Material Tin Metal, Material Bead, Material String, Process Stitched, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 360 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1898.18.5
Research and responses

HGA Leveson is listed as "Officers in the Burma Commission" under "Deputy Commissioners, 3rd Grade" in The India List and India Office List for 1905 (p. 69) [Dan Hicks 7/3/2017]

Search terms: Ornament, Religion, Bead, Children and Childcare, Neck Ornament, Amulet

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