Accession No
TEMP.00182
Description
Necklace - Woven fibre necklace with stands of 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 [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00182; MAA: D 1897.32
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Seed
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Handwritten in black ink on small rectangular tag attached directly to necklace '97.D.32/ 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. 1897.32 a+b notes two photographs from Iceland
Annual Report notes ’21-34. Fourteen combs made of coloured grass, worn by women (Yao)’
Event Date 27/10/2015
Author: Elizabeth Walsh
Description (CMS Description)
Two strands of woven fibre with doubled loops of Job's tears with occasional black seeds attached to each strand. Strands tied together with black museum (?) thread.
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 stands of Job's tears and black seeds
Event Date 27/10/2015
Author: maa
FM:268769
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