necklace
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.193.c
- Description
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Necklace (one of fourteen); made of bean; burgundy beans strung on white string.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Length: 14 centimetres
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Width: 2 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Necklaces such as these were once worn by local women, but are now more likely made for sale to tourists.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1977-1978, London, Horniman Museum
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Acquisition notes
- Objects collected during the 1970s by Chloë Sayer and Marcos Ortiz. They were exhibited in 1977-1978 at the Horniman Museum, and later acquired by the British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1978,15.193.c