Accession No
Z 7807
Description
Skirt - Card 1: 'NESUR. Petticoat made of sheets of Ficus bark (ome).'
Card 2: 'Made of strips of Ficus bark (ome). Belt woven with black and white palm leaf strip decorated and blue cotton material.'
Worn by widows.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7807; MAA: Z 7807; OH 137
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bark; Icus Bark; Leaf; Palm Leaf; Cloth; Cotton
Local Term
Ome nesur
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. XVIII, fig. 2
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'NESUR. Petticoat made of sheets of Ficus bark (ome).'
Card 2: 'Made of strips of Ficus bark (ome). Belt woven with black and white palm leaf strip decorated and blue cotton material.'
Worn by widows.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79373
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