Woman's bead necklet with conch shell pendant. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 21/09/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Woman's bead necklet with conch shell pendant. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 21/09/2010]
Long description: Woman's bead necklet with conch shell pendant. The beads are mostly blue coloured, with a few yellow, green and some with dotted pattern. The triangular piece of conch shell has an incised dot design. A cylindrical piece of shell is strung at the opposite side. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 21/09/2010]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Naga
Person: Field collector Sidney E. Peal; PRM source Sidney E. Peal; PRM source Frank Finn; PRM source Calcutta Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1896
Date collected: By 1896
Acquisition information: Donated: 1896
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Conch Shell, Material String, Process Strung, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Width 140 mm, Length 390 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1896.4.8
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour on page 31 of 'Made for Trade' by Julia Nicholson and Faye Belsey, the booklet produced to accompany the temporary exhibition with the same title 'Made for Trade' held at the Pitt Rivers Museum from the 18th July 2011 to 27 January 2013. Illustrated with the caption "woman's necklace with conch-shell pendant and European glass beads, Nagaland, India." [FB 16/01/2013]

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