neck-ornament
- Museum number
- Oc1994,06.3
- Description
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Neck-ornament, comprising a long rectangular section of bark cloth sewn with nassa shells and worn vertically down the chest suspended from neck ties; ornamented with cowrie shells at base of neck ties and with cowrie shells and orange synthetic beads at bottom of ornament.
- Production date
- 20thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Length: 45 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Collected by vendor August 1993.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good
- Acquisition date
- 1994
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1994,06.3