| Catalog Number |
CAS 2014-0001-0046 |
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| Category |
Jewelry & Metalwork |
| Object Name |
Necklace |
| Culture |
Melanesian |
| Global Region |
Oceania |
| Country |
Papua New Guinea |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
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| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
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| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
ca. 1994 |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Seeds (3 kinds); Cowrie (Cypraeidae) Shells; Monofilament; Shell (Cypraea tigris) |
| Description |
Single strand necklace consisting of dark brown/black floral-shaped seeds interspersed with groups of white cowrie shells arranged around a single conifer-cone-shaped seed, all strung on monofilament; Ends of strand each pass through a final grouping of cowrie shells near the bottom and are attached to a large speckled tiger cowrie shell (Cypraea tigris). |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Depth = 3.8, Length = 41.5 |