Necklace
Object Details
- Notes
- NECKLACE MADE OF FOUR STRANDS OF JOB'S-TEARS (COIX LACHRYMA - JOBI) SEEDS STRUNG ON BARK FIBER CORD; BOUND TOGETHER BY CORD AT ONE POINT. COULD ALSO BE WORN AS MAN'S BALDRIC. (CF. CAT. S 423066, 423067, 423068, 423069).
- Record Last Modified
- 31 Jul 2020
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Kukukuku
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 30 Sep 1985
- Collection Date
- 1963
- Accession Number
- 357199
- USNM Number
- E423070-0
- Collector
- A. L. Zell
- Donor Name
- A. L. Zell
- Object Type
- Necklace
- Length - Object
- 53 cm
- Width - Object
- 2.5 cm
- Place
- Watut River Valley, New Guinea / Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
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- Anthropology
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8456048
- Usage
- CC0
