Gorget of rows of brown, green and blue glass beads separated by bone spacers, with a shell clasp. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/2/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Gorget of rows of brown, green and blue glass beads separated by bone spacers, with a shell clasp. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/2/2006]
Long description: Gorget of rows of brown, green and blue glass beads separated by bone spacers, with a shell clasp. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 15/2/2006] The gorget has five bone spacers and a ?conch shell clasp. The central section of beads are turquoise stone with red glass beads either side and green glass beads at the ends of the strings, next to the bone spacers. Two sections have red beads with green beads at the ends next to the bone spacers and end the two sections are red beads with only green beads along only one edge. [SM 14/05/2007]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Nagaland
Cultural groups: Naga
Person: Field collector Robert Gosset Woodthorpe; PRM source Edward Thomas Wilson
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1898
Date collected: By 1898
Acquisition information: Donated: 1909
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Bone, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material Glass, Material Conch Shell, Material Turquoise Stone, Process Beadwork
Dimensions: Length: max 420 mm, Width: max 220 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.21.50 Other numbers: Woodthorpe 31

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