Accession No

E 1914.20.80


Description

Necklace of bivalve shells suspended on red wool tassels from a incomplete circle of 2 ply twisted red wool and black univalve shells


Place

Asia; South Asia; India; Andaman Islands; Great Andaman


Period


Source

Radcliffe-Brown, Alfred Reginald (Professor) [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1914.20.80; MAA: AR 1914.368.80


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Wool; Plant


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by A. R. Radcliffe-Brown. At the time of donation he was known as A.R. Brown and had not added the 'Radcliffe'.
Event Date 1914
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Exhibited in the Early Cambridge Anthropology section of the Introduction to World Anthropology, (Case No. 9), Maudslay Hall, from May 2012

Event Date 4/2012
Author: rachel hand


Description (CMS Description)
Card notes in black ink, [handwritten] 'Necklace' Added later in blue ink, 'of shells'.
Event Date 10/5/2012
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Necklace of bivalve shells suspended on red wool tassels from a incomplete circle of 2 ply twisted red wool and black univalve shells
Event Date 18/1/2022
Author: rachel hand


FM:266543

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