Accession No
1927.87 A
Description
Currency; looped string of greyish blue (natural coloured) shell beads. The beads are short and cylindrical, and of varying sizes. The plant fibre string that they are on is red, and there is a knot at one end with loose tangled strings.
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Borneo; Sabah; Kota Belud District
Period
Source
?Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman [field collector]; Ridgeway, William (Prof.; Sir) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1927.87 A
Cultural Affliation
Dusun
Material
Shell; Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
5mm x 5mm x 410mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
possibly collected by Ivor Hugh Norman Evans.
Event Date 26/9/1994
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card notes: 'Old shell bead currency. These beads are found in the possession of the Dusuns, who say they are very old and that they do not know where they were made. Beads of this kind seem to pass as currency to some extent. Three to four double strings, measure'
Event Date 26/9/1994
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
luggage tag style label was previously attached to object; this has been photographed.
Event Date 15/11/2022
Author: Flo Sutton
Description (Physical description)
Currency; looped string of greyish blue (natural coloured) shell beads. The beads are short and cylindrical, and of varying sizes. The plant fibre string that they are on is red, and there is a knot at one end with loose tangled strings.
Event Date 15/11/2022
Author: Flo Sutton
FM:300185
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