Accession No

TEMP.00181


Description

Woven fibre necklace with tassels of alternating Job's tears and black seeds


Place

Oceania; Melanesia; New Guinea; Papua New Guinea; British New Guinea Unprovenanced


Period


Source

von Hügel, Anatole (Baron) [depositor]; MacGregor, William [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

TEMP.00181; MAA: D 1897.35


Cultural Affliation


Material

Plant; Flint; Seed


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Handwritten in black ink on small rectangular tag attached directly to necklace ’97.D.35/ New Guinea. 1894/ Sir Wm Macgregor./ Dep. Hugel 1897’
Typed on small rectangular label attached directly to necklace ‘A. v. H.’
D Register for D. 1897.35 notes ‘a small pipe, man or animal design carved in stone/ Nootka Island
Annual Report notes ’35-46. Twelve caps and head-dresses, and two kilts made of feathers (Angoni)’

Event Date 27/10/2015
Author: Elizabeth Walsh


Description (CMS Description)
Single strand of woven fibre with loops of alternating Job's tears and black seeds attached. Four additional long tassels with Job's tears attached to center front.
Event Date 27/10/2015
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Temporary number given on 27/10/2015 as deposit accession number on label does not match the Deposit Register or the Annual Report.
Event Date 27/10/2015
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Woven fibre necklace with tassels of alternating Job's tears and black seeds
Event Date 27/10/2015
Author: maa


FM:268768

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