necklace
- Museum number
- Oc1994,01.20
- Description
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Necklace of small white cowrie shells and red abrus seeds, shells arranged in pairs, with seeds in units of three on both sides, in alternating intervals; fibre string.
- Production date
- 1950-1959
- Dimensions
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Height: 50 centimetres (larger fragment)
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Height: 21.50 centimetres (smaller fragment)
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Length: 53 centimetres (one piece)
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Length: 20 centimetres (second piece)
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Width: 4 centimetres (larger fragment)
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Width: 4 centimetres (smaller fragment)
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres (larger fragment)
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres (smaller fragment)
- Curator's comments
- Collection made by donor in field in 1950s.
See Eth.Doc.1054.
Also MS in Departmental Library, N. Sandwith, "Wide-eyed in Tonga: a South Seas odyssey", and paintings, sketches and photographs in Departmental Pictorial Archive.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good, but broken into two pieces.
- Acquisition date
- 1994
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1994,01.20