Accession No
Z 7652
Description
Armlet - Card 1: 'MUSUR. Narrow plaited armlet in twilled patterns, ends joined and bound together in terminal loop at edge, decorated with blue beads & strips of dark cotton. Skewer used in plaiting inserted in junction of wefts.'
Card 2: 'Plaited palm leaf in twilled patterns, ends joined and bound. Decorated with blue trade beads and strips of cotton material. Skewer used in plaiting inserted in junction of wefts.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn on upper arm by both men and women.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mabuiag
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7652; MAA: Z 7652; OH 176
Cultural Affliation
Material
Leaf; Palm Leaf; Cloth; Cotton
Local Term
Musur
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. V, fig. 91
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'MUSUR. Narrow plaited armlet in twilled patterns, ends joined and bound together in terminal loop at edge, decorated with blue beads & strips of dark cotton. Skewer used in plaiting inserted in junction of wefts.'
Card 2: 'Plaited palm leaf in twilled patterns, ends joined and bound. Decorated with blue trade beads and strips of cotton material. Skewer used in plaiting inserted in junction of wefts.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn on upper arm by both men and women; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79517
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