Accession No
Z 7603
Description
Ground shell pendant attached to double plaited necklace of dark blue and red cotton European material, decorated with halved coix seeds. Worn by married women only.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7603; OH 99; 193 [pencil writing]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Cloth; Cotton; Seed; Coix Seed
Local Term
O; Wauri o; Kaukau o
Measurements
Events
Context (Amendments / updates)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: 64
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Card 1: 'O. Shell pendant. Worn by married women only; attached to a double plaited necklace of dark blue and red stuff, halved coix seeds.'
Card 2: 'Ground shell pendant attached to double plaited necklace of dark blue and red cotton European material, decorated with halved coix seeds.'
Worn by married women only; Fair.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79476
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