Accession No
Z 7580
Description
Tassel - Card 1: 'KUS. Tassel of coix seeds attached to a necklace.'
Card 2: 'Whole coix seeds strung on native fibre string.'
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7580
Cultural Affliation
Material
Coix Seed; Vegetable Fibre
Local Term
kus
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
For suspending from necklace; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Research: Examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums By Moore.D.R On 1984 - The Torres Strait Collections of A.C. Haddon. British Museum Publications
Event Date 29/8/1986
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'KUS. Tassel of coix seeds attached to a necklace.'
Card 2: 'Whole coix seeds strung on native fibre string.'
Event Date 29/8/1986
Author: maa
FM:79279
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