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Necklace
(20th century)

Medium
cowrie shell, shell, wild banana seed, fibre string

Measurements
56.5 × 18.0 × 1.6 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Louise and Sam Dawson, 2008
© the artists

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Siu village, Tufi District, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
2008.304

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
The necklace is of fragments of salmon pink sea snails with a small cowrie as the centrepiece finished with the seeds from bush bananas.