Necklet of fish vertebrae strung on a twisted string with a small red bead at each end. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/12/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Necklet of fish vertebrae strung on a twisted string with a small red bead at each end. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/12/2005]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Person: Field collector Sydney Douglas Burrows; PRM source Mrs M.O. Burrows; PRM source Mrs Gordon Canning
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1932
Date collected: By 1932
Acquisition information: Donated: 1932
Materials and processes: Material Fish Bone, Material Bead, Process Strung
Dimensions: Length: max 520 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1932.53.41
Research and responses: According to Dr M. O’Hanlon, A.R.M. probably stands for Assistant Resident Magistrate. [CW 23/2/2000] Confirmed by Sylvia Schaffarczyk, a PhD student from the Australian National University, in September 2004 during a visit to research collections made by Australian colonial administrators in Papua New Guinea. [ZM 3/9/2004]

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