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