Necklace
2003-22-3
From: New Guinea | New Guinea Highlands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Native Name | Kina |
| Object Number | 2003-22-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | New Guinea Highlands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Shell | Silk | Pigment |
| Description | Crescent shaped necklace (kina) of gold-lip mother-of-pearl shell. Holes drilled at the two points, into which a white silk cord is knotted and stitiched. On one knot, traces of red pigment, possibly indicating festival wear. Small shallow hole, probably natural, about four cm. from one tip. |
| Height | 7.5 cm |
| Width | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Leonard and Helen Evelev, 2003 |
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