Necklace
P9
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Glass |
| Description | Maiden's necklace. Tebahang jet. Four-strand necklace of small dark blue trade beads with, in the middle front, a ball of short strings of tiny red, light blue, black and yellow trade beads, with a disc of uncolored glass in center. "When she marries she lays this aside or passes it on to her younger sister." [Hiller Journal, Voyage II, Book 3, p. 25] |
| Length | 30.48 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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