Accession No
Z 7646
Description
Armband - Card 1: 'PUT. Narrow armlet in coconut fibre in various twilled patterns and ends cut off short at junction.'
Card 2: 'Coconut fibre plaited in various twilled patterns and ends cut off short at junction.'
Worn by both men and women for dances and ceremonies
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7646; MAA: Z 7646; OH 161
Cultural Affliation
Material
Leaf; Coconut Leaf
Local Term
Put
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums. Cf. also PR.I.56, Mer, 1889 (stored in the Pitt Rivers Museum collection). (A catalogue card for this piece is filed in the catalog; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'PUT. Narrow armlet in coconut fibre in various twilled patterns and ends cut off short at junction.'
Card 2: 'Coconut fibre plaited in various twilled patterns and ends cut off short at junction.'
Worn by both men and women for dances and ceremonies
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79364
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