Necklace
P11
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P11 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River |
| Date Made | Before 1897 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Glass | Seed |
| Description | Necklace of small glass trade beads, strung in symmetrically opposing groups of yellow, dark blue, red, light blue, and multicolored spaced out by dark brown oblong seeds. Scraps of red trade cloth, originally attched at fastening (?). Tebahang jet. Maiden's necklace. "When she marries she lays this aside or passes it on to her younger sister." [Hiller Journal, Voyage II, Book 3, p. 25] |
| Length | 66.04 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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