Accession No
TEMP.02346
Description
Neck ornament of looped strands of cut coix seeds (Job’s tears) with 9 pendants of black seeds ending in red cotton trade cloth. Probably part of a woman's mourning outfit
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; South East New Guinea; Oro Province; ?Collingwood Bay; ?Oro Bay
Period
Source
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.02346
Cultural Affliation
?Eororo
Material
Fibre; Seed; Cloth; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
45mm x 285mm
Events
Context (Auction / Sale)
Possibly part of the mourning outfit purchased on 17 Nov 1903 from Stevens Auction Rooms with funds provided by Prof Anthony Ashley Bevan, noted as from the Eororo of Oro Bay, present-day Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.
Event Date 11/9/2023
Author: rachel hand
Context (Production / use)
Probably part of a woman's mourning outfit from Oro Province, possibly Collingwood Bay
Event Date 11/9/2023
Author: rachel hand
Description (Physical description)
Neck ornament of looped strands of cut coix seeds (Job’s tears) with 9 pendants of black seeds ending in red cotton trade cloth. String on netted band of plant fibre.
Event Date 11/9/2023
Author: rachel hand
FM:304081
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