Necklace
Item number Ie405 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
A wide flat bamboo strip, brown on the exterior while light brown on the cut side, is kept in a u-shape by a brown fibre string running from near one end to the other end. Curving inward from each tip, there is a white and brown boar's tusk bound to the wood with light brown fibre.
History Of Use
Personal ornaments are used extensively by both men and women for festivals and for everyday use.
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea ?
- Owned by William H. Birmingham before March 21, 1980
- Received from William H. Birmingham (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on March 21, 1980
What
- Name
- Necklace
- Identification Number
- Ie405
- Type of Item
- necklace
- Material
- pigment, fibre, boar tusk and bamboo grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, tied, bound and bent
- Overall
- height 24.7 cm, width 22.0 cm, depth 3.8 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea ?
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- William H. Birmingham
- Received from
- William H. Birmingham (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
When
- Ownership Date
- before March 21, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on March 21, 1980
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 64
- Accession Number
- 0620/0022
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