Accession No

Z 7784


Description

Ring; Gaiter - Card 1; 'MAKAMAK. Bundle of plaited leglets.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of leg bands plaited from fine surface roots of the coconut.'
Worn below the knee by both men and women for dances and ceremonies.


Place

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


Period


Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 7784; MAA: Z 7784; OH 1052


Cultural Affliation


Material

Coconut Root


Local Term

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+2, Mer, 1889 (in the British Museum collection). (A catalogue card for this piece is filed in the catalogue room at CUM; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. V, fig. 10
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Card 1; 'MAKAMAK. Bundle of plaited leglets.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of leg bands plaited from fine surface roots of the coconut.'
Worn below the knee by both men and women for dances and ceremonies.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa


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