necklet (neck ornament (personal adornment))

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 10.138.2
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 10.138
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 10.138.2 General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 10.138

Necklet consisting of a string of vegetable fibre onto which are bound numerous black gastropod shells. Where the strings join, three tassels have been attached which consist of three lengths of twined cord bound together. On the end of each tassel hangs a cockle shell.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
10.138.2
Date
circa 1906-8
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 240 mm x 140 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
vegetable fibre; gastropod shell; cockle shell
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Perspectives > Collectors perspective
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