Necklet of dark stringwork with many white and brown coix seed and black seed loop tassels hanging down, with black banana seeds at the centre [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/7/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Necklet of dark stringwork with many white and brown coix seed and black seed loop tassels hanging down, with black banana seeds at the centre [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/7/2005]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Oro Province Yodda River valley
Person: Field collector Henry Stewart Bonaventure Rohu; PRM source Henry Stewart Bonaventure Rohu
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1904
Date collected: Before 1904
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1904
Materials and processes: Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Strung, Material Banana Seed Plant
Dimensions: Length: max 490 mm string
Object numbers: Accession number: 1904.60.205

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