necklace
- Museum number
- Oc1935,0411.20
- Description
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Necklace made of pink spondylus shell disc beads threaded on fibre cord. There is a banana seed on each upper side next to the ties. The centre front has two banana seeds flanked by white shell discs. From this area hang three pendants of small pink shell discs and a banana seed ending in leaf tabs.
- Dimensions
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Length: 62 centimetres (approx doubled)
- Curator's comments
- 1935 British Museum register:
[Massim area New Guinea]
the square brackets indicate that it was the opinion of the curator that it was from there
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1935,0411.20
