Necklace

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
In 1974 Waikato Museum acquired a selection of items, including this necklace, from Graham Jackson. Jackson was a New Zealand anthropologist who spent time living with and researching the Kopon and the Kalam people of the Lower Kaironk Valley in Papua New Guinea.

Jackson fieldnotes: Necklace of seeds. Usually made by males. Worn by males and females often but not necessarily in mourning (simply as ornaments). Two kinds of seeds called aso are used for necklaces. This is the smaller kind.
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Maker
Media/Materials
Natural fibre string and seeds (fieldnotes suggest aso?).
Measurements
650mm - Full length of each strand [verified].
325 x 60 x 10mm - LxWxD of whole object.
Production place
Lower Kaironk Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Collection
Graham Jackson Collection/New Guinea Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1974/64/182

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