String of alternating shell and bamboo cane beads, used as currency. [LKG 15/12/2009]

Collection type: Object
Description: String of alternating shell and bamboo cane beads, used as currency. [LKG 15/12/2009]
Long description: String of alternating shell and bamboo cane beads, used as currency. The bamboo cane beads are shaped as long cylinders of varying diameters. The shell beads are white and vary in size. All have been threaded onto a length of twisted brown ?plant fibre. [LKG 15/12/2009]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Yimkhiung
Person: Field collector John Henry Hutton; PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1914
Date collected: By 1914
Acquisition information: Donated: 1914
Materials and processes: Material Conch Shell, Material Bamboo Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Strung, Process Perforated, Process Twisted, Process Knotted
Dimensions: Length 246 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.84.86
Research and responses: Yachumi is another name for Yimchungru Naga. [JP 25/1/2000]

Search terms: Bead, Currency, Token

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