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1996.40.21

Four-string neck ornament of coix seeds, small black seeds, bone and small tusks or ?teeth [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/9/2005]

1996.40.21

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Collection type
Object
Description
Four-string neck ornament of coix seeds, small black seeds, bone and small tusks or ?teeth [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/9/2005]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Morobe Province Menyamya district Kwaplalim (Kwaplalim is a small settlement five miles from Menyamya)
Person
Field collector Linda Manning
PRM source Linda Manning
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1986
Date collected
1981 - 1985 or 1986
Acquisition information
Donated: 1996
Materials and processes
Material Plant Fibre, Material Plant Seed, Material Animal Tooth, Material String, Material Bone, Process Plaited, Process Strung
Dimensions
Diameter: max 290 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1996.40.21
Research and responses

The acquisition record says that the objects were collected between 1981 - 1985, the original letter from the donor [dated 2.10.1996] says 1981 - 1986. 'Kwaplawm' is given on the acquisition form and is difficult to read, it might be that it is misspelt. [AP 25/2/99]

Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament