Object

Accession No

Z 7800

Description

Belt - Card 1: 'Shell-belt. Narrow plaited belt (10 strands) decorated with red and blue paint. Narrower (4 strands) belt tacked on below, with fringe of shells.'
Card 2: 'Narrow belt of plaited palm leaf strip, decorated with red and blue paint. Second belt tacked on below with fringe of shells (Anadara and others).'
Worn by men on ceremonial occasions.

Place

Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer

Period

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]

Department

Anth

Reference Numbers

Z 7800; MAA: Z 7800; OH 127

Cultural Affliation

Material

Leaf; Palm Leaf; Shell; Andara Shell

Local Term

Serpa wak

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+54, Mer, 1889 (in the British Museum) and PR.I.56 129.B.7, Mer, 1889 (Pitt Rivers Museum). (A catalogue card for this p; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Shell-belt. Narrow plaited belt (10 strands) decorated with red and blue paint. Narrower (4 strands) belt tacked on below, with fringe of shells.'
Card 2: 'Narrow belt of plaited palm leaf strip, decorated with red and blue paint. Second belt tacked on below with fringe of shells (Anadara and others).'
Worn by men on ceremonial occasions.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

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