Necklace

P9

From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P9
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kayan
Provenience Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Section Oceanian
Materials Glass
Description

Maiden's necklace. Tebahang jet. Four-strand necklace of small dark blue trade beads with, in the middle front, a ball of short strings of tiny red, light blue, black and yellow trade beads, with a disc of uncolored glass in center. "When she marries she lays this aside or passes it on to her younger sister." [Hiller Journal, Voyage II, Book 3, p. 25]

Length 30.48 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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