Necklace

2017-11-38

From: Taiwan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2017-11-38
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Atayal
Provenience Taiwan
Section Asian
Materials Cotton Thread | Animal Shell | Bead | Metal | Yarn
Iconography Sun
Description

Necklace or breast ornament made of shell plates lined with pink and blue yarn. The back is made of linked metal beads. The ends have beads in black, white, yellow, red, and blue. There is a sun design on the outside of a button attached to one side.

Length 88 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Robert Buckwalter and Martha Hoffer Hess Estate, 2017

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