Accession No

Z 7637


Description

Gaiter - Card 1: 'Bundle of leglets - makamak.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of plaited coconut fibre rings.'
Worn below knee by both men and women in dance ceremonies.


Place

Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait


Period


Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

Z 7637; MAA: Z 7637; OH 1052


Cultural Affliation


Material

Root; 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 25.688, Torres Strait 1898? (stored in the British Museum collection); PR.I.56, Torres Strait, 1888 (Pitt Rivers Museum); Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. III, fig. 3. Pl. V, fig. 10. Pl. XXIX, fig. 1
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Bundle of leglets - makamak.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of plaited coconut fibre rings.'
Worn below knee by both men and women in dance ceremonies.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa


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