Necklace

Artist Artist unrecorded

Dateca 1982

Place madeMIDDLE SEPIC RIVER AREA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, OCEANIA

Mediumorganic, fiber

Dimensions14 3/4 × 3 in. (37.5 × 7.6 cm)

ClassificationsAdornment

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Dr. Marshall Clinard Ph. D., A.1989.38.6

Object numberA.1989.38.6

DescriptionMother-of-pearl, cut in triangular shape, on vine fiber or twine. Knotted fiber is bound around one end of shell, comes approximately one-third of way down. All on cord in 2 pieces, with large knot at one end and loop at other for closure.

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