Necklace
Maker
Hadal
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 93 drilled animal teeth lashed to a band of two ply cord. Teeth said to be those of Knm [arawa; yawod; mey karo; haga; mage; kayn = domestic dog; wal = wild animal; meg = teeth].
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