Necklace with three small boxes, enamelled and set with corals, connected by strings of coral and glass beads. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/6/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Necklace with three small boxes, enamelled and set with corals, connected by strings of coral and glass beads. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/6/2005]
Long description: Necklace with three small boxes, enamelled and set with corals, connected by strings of coral and glass beads. A spacer of incised ?bone at each end. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/6/2005]
Geographical reference: Algeria
Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria
Cultural groups: Chaouia Berber; Kabyle Berber
Person: Field collector Lionel Boulton Campbell Lockhart Muirhead; Field collector James Patrick Muirhead; PRM source Charis Elizabeth Fosca Thomas
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1940
Date collected: By 1925
Acquisition information: Donated: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Silver Metal, Material Coral, Material Glass, Material Bead, Material Bone, Process Enamelled, Process Strung, Process Incised, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 740 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.12.180

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