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
FM:79374
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