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Neck and chest ornament of calabash shell, probably for a man
Along the edge of a piece of gourd shell there is a braided cord. This runs further as a necklace. On the top there are resin remains, indicating an original decoration with probably coix pits etc.
Type of item
- Object Type: pectoral
- pectoral
- Pectoral
Date
- voor 1892
Medium
- Material: vegetable origin fibres
- Material: vegetable origin materials
- plant material
- vegetable origin materials
- Plant material
- Plant fiber
Type of item
- Object Type: pectoral
- pectoral
- Pectoral
Date
- voor 1892
Medium
- Material: vegetable origin fibres
- Material: vegetable origin materials
- plant material
- vegetable origin materials
- Plant material
- Plant fiber
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1892
Provenance
- 1983-06-23
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/50831
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- ambergris
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z