Accession No

Z 7653


Description

Narrow armlet plaited in various twills, ends brought together and concealed under red cotton strip, decorated with coloured beads & cotton strips.'


Place

Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mabuiag


Period


Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 7653


Cultural Affliation


Material

Palm Leaf; Glass Bead; leaf


Local Term

musur


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Worn by men and women as personal decoration; 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 5/8/1986
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Narrow armlet plaited in various twills, ends brought together and concealed under red cotton strip, decorated with coloured beads & cotton strips.'
Card 2: 'Plaited in various twill patterns from p alm [palm] leaf strip, ends brought together and concealed under red cotton cloth strip. Decorated with trade beads and cotton strips.'
Event Date 5/8/1986
Author: maa


Loan (Exhibition)
National Museum of Australia, 1/3/2001 to 1/9/2002, Past Time: Torres Strait Islander Material from the Haddon Collection, 1888-1905: A National Museum of Australia Exhibition from the University of Cambridge.
Event Date 1/3/2001
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu


FM:79302

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