Double women's necklace of black seeds of the wild banana

The necklaces worn by women show a great variety of single and compound ones, which are wrapped around the neck and hang down to the belly. The young women in particular wear a large number, mostly united in thick bundles. All pips and seeds or stems used are pierced with a bone awl and then strung on a fiber thread or a thin twisted string. When the ornament is hung, the clasp comes to rest in th…