- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Neck ornament, consisting of 35 rectangular perforated panels of mussel shell, attached to a cotton string. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/7/2005]
- Cultural groups
- Enxet
- Person
- Field collector Andrew Pride
- Field collector South American Missionary Society
- PRM source Andrew Pride
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1903
- Date collected
- By 1903
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1903
- Materials and processes
- Material Mussel Shell, Material String, Process Strung, Process Carved, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 325 mm excluding ties
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1903.19.32 Other numbers: Pride catalogue 25
Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament
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