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1940.12.329

Necklace of stringwork strung with 16 irregular pink and white Spondylus shell discs [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/9/2005]

1940.12.329

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Collection type
Object
Description
Necklace of stringwork strung with 16 irregular pink and white Spondylus shell discs [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/9/2005]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1940
Date collected
By 1940
Acquisition information
Donated: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Oyster Shell, Material Shell, Material Plant Fibre, Material String, Process Perforated, Process Strung
Dimensions
Length: max 110 mm shells
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.12.329
Research and responses

Spondylus are bivalves known as thorny oysters. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 11/4/2000]

Search terms: Ornament, Neck Ornament