Necklace
P17
From: Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Mahakam River | Mapai
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
Object Number | P17 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tanjong |
Provenience | Borneo | Dutch East Borneo | Mahakam River | Mapai |
Section | Oceanian |
Materials | Glass | Metal | Wood |
Description | Twelve-strand necklace of small tubular glass trade beads organized by wooden spacers into fifteen segments: alternating groups of white (2), and multicolored (8) with groups of silver-colored beads (6). In center (front), mostly red beads, flanking diminishing rows of silver. Maiden's necklace. Potong Lempang. |
Length | 45 cm |
Width | 3.8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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