Accession No
Z 7607
Description
Pendant - Card 1: 'LAR LID ("Fish bone"). Bone of a fish worn as a chest pendant by women.'
Card 2: 'Chest pendant - fish bone.'
Card 3: 'Shaped fishbone drilled for suspension.'
Worn by brides and married women only.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7607; MAA: Z 7607
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone; Fishbone
Local Term
Lar lid
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. XVI, figs 20-23
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'LAR LID ("Fish bone"). Bone of a fish worn as a chest pendant by women.'
Card 2: 'Chest pendant - fish bone.'
Card 3: 'Shaped fishbone drilled for suspension.'
Worn by brides and married women only; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79492
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