Long necklet of small white shell discs strung on plant fibre with 5 darker grey ?stone beads, with one seed at each end by the ties. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/7/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Long necklet of small white shell discs strung on plant fibre with 5 darker grey ?stone beads, with one seed at each end by the ties. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/7/2005]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; West Papua
Person: Field collector John Fiot Lee Pearse Maclear; Field collector HMS Challenger; Field collector HMS Alert; Field collector HMS Flying Fish; PRM source Julia Maclear
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1891
Date collected: 1873 - 1876 [Challenger] and 1879 - 1891 [other surveying work]
Acquisition information: Donated: 1909
Materials and processes: Material Bead, Material Shell, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length: max 1994 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1909.30.63