Accession No
1933.828
Description
Necklace - Two rows vertical strung grey coix seeds, strung between twisted twine lines, 3 in all, whose ends are knotted and looped for tie fastenings. String ends fraying. Original accession notes: " Frontlet? Two rows of coix seeds placed vertically along three strands of twisted string." Fair
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Melanesia; Mandated New Guinea; Morobe District; Salamaua
Period
Source
Bateson, Gregory [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1933.828; MAA: 1933.828
Cultural Affliation
Material
Seed; Coix Seed
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Museum record photograph: F28,8.; Collected by: Bateson.G;
Event Date 3/7/1995
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Two rows vertical strung grey coix seeds, strung between twisted twine lines, 3 in all, whose ends are knotted and looped for tie fastenings. String ends fraying. Original accession notes: " Frontlet? Two rows of coix seeds placed vertically along three strands of twisted string." Fair
Event Date 3/7/1995
Author: maa
FM:70674
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