Collection Online
Medium
cowrie shell, shell, wild banana seed, fibre string
Measurements
56.5 × 18.0 × 1.6 cm
Place/s of Execution
Siu village, Tufi District, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
2008.304
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Louise and Sam Dawson, 2008
© the artists
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
The necklace is of fragments of salmon pink sea snails with a small cowrie as the centrepiece finished with the seeds from bush bananas.