Necklace

P8

From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P8
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kayan
Provenience Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Section Oceanian
Materials Glass | Bone
Description

Four-strand necklace of glass trade beads, strung in symmetrical groupings: ( from back fastening) yellow, dark blue, medium blue, and (in the center) multicolored. Bone spacers between yellow and dark blue beads and medium blue beads of center grouping. Tebahang.

Length 96 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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