Accession No
Z 7649 A
Description
Armband - Card 1: 'MUSUR. Armlet. A pair.'
Card 2: 'Plaited palm leaf with decoration of coix seeds. Strip of brown European cotton material on Z 7649 only.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn on upper arm by both men and women.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Moa
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7649 A; MAA: Z 7649; Z 7649; OH 172; OH 172 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Leaf; Palm Leaf; Seed; Coix Seed; Cloth; Cotton
Local Term
Musur
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
These two armlets are numbered as Z 7649 & Z 7649 A; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1888; Ref. Plate: Pl. V, fig. 10. Pl. XIV
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'MUSUR. Armlet. A pair.'
Card 2: 'Plaited palm leaf with decoration of coix seeds. Strip of brown European cotton material on Z 7649 only.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn on upper arm by both men and women; Poor.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79518
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