Accession No
Z 7658
Description
Ring - Card 1: 'Tag makamak. Finger rings made of the surface roots of coconut palm; often worn at a dance kab, but might be worn on the fingers (but not the thumbs) on any occasion.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of small rings plaited from fine surface roots of coconut palm.'
Worn by both men and women for personal adornment.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7658; MAA: Z 7658; OH 184
Cultural Affliation
Material
Root; Coconut Root
Local Term
Tag makamak
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 89+16, Mer, 1889 (stored in the British Museum collection) and DM.1890.427, Mer, 1889 (National Museum of Ireland, Dublin); Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: 79
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Tag makamak. Finger rings made of the surface roots of coconut palm; often worn at a dance kab, but might be worn on the fingers (but not the thumbs) on any occasion.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of small rings plaited from fine surface roots of coconut palm.'
Worn by both men and women for personal adornment.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79366
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