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Adornment, D43.172

Physical Description

Glass/china beads and shell. Consists of tubular creamy brown dentalium, shells interspersed with single turquoise a brown/gold round bead (Hudson Bay Co beads). Two smaller shells in centre front and one side back. At tie, small round glass beads on either side. One side red (13 in total), other side blue (12) with one red.

Provenance

Locality:
From: Sargood Collection
Belonged to Chief Moses' first wife

Measurements

Maximum dimensions (H x W x D): 160 x 140 x 10mm

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