Necklace

MOA: University of British Columbia

3123/45

Necklace of beads strung on a plastic fibre. Shell(?) beads are in multiple colours and shapes, strung in no particular order: long and short tubes, rounded seed shapes, round orbs, in muted shades of brown, purple, orange, green, yellow and light purple-pink. At bottom front hangs a large round bead, light orange, attached to two small green beads, with smaller round beads of the same colour dangling on each side.


  • Type of Item necklace
  • Culture African
  • Material shell, plastic
  • Measurements height 40.0 cm, width 4.0 cm, depth 1.0 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
  • Received from Cornelia Hahn Oberlander

  • Made in Africa

  • Ownership Date before July 22, 2015
  • Acquisition Date on July 22, 2015

  • Item Classes beadwork
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3123/0045