Necklace
MOA: University of British Columbia
3123/44
Round beaded neck ring. Necklace consists of eight to nine strands of small glass beads strung on wire, placed in alternating blocks of colour: dark blue, white, and light blue, each with a line in a different colour at both ends of the block: white, dark blue, light blue, yellow or red. Each colour block is separated from the next by a thick strip of leather. Around the interior of the necklace is a line of larger plastsic beads, round, and coloured light green. Closing mechanism is a hook of wire. A piece of tagging is attached to one leather thong by green string.
- Type of Item necklace
- Culture East African
- Material glass, plastic, metal, skin
- Measurements height 0.7 cm, diameter 24.6 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
- Received from Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
- Made in East Africa
- Ownership Date before July 22, 2015
- Acquisition Date on July 22, 2015
- Item Classes beadwork
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3123/0044