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Necklace

Object Number:P3A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Borneo
Sarawak
Date Made: Before 1897
Early Date: 1872
Late Date: 1897
Section:Oceanian
Materials:Glass
Seed
Plant Fiber
Length: 40.64 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898

Description

Short necklace covered with rings and diamond-shaped groupings of tiny pink, white, black, yellow and blue beads, with tassels of yellow, pink, white and black beads at the ends. Fastening is a large blue bead that passes through a fiber loop.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

The Dayaks: Peoples of the Borneo Rain Forest (Furness, Hiller, Harrison Borneo Collection) (25 Feb 1989 - 01 Jul 1990) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] McDougall, William, and Hose, Charles. 1912. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo.. London. Macmillan and Company. Type Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Vol. I (Plate 21)View Objects related to this Type Citation

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