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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