Accession No
Z 7650 A-B
Description
Armlet - Card 1: 'MUSUR. Pair of armlets in various twills, mainly nines & threes, the former picked out near the junction in blue paint. Ends concealed under red cotton, stiffened with rod, decorated with rows and strings of coix Lachrymae.'
Card 2: 'Pair of armlets in various twills, picked our [out] in blue paint. Ends concealed under rod covered with red European cotton material. Decorated with rows and strings of coix seeds.'
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 7650 A-B; MAA: Z 7650; Z 7650 A; Z 7650 B; OH 173 A; OH 173 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Leaf; Palm Leaf; Seed; Coix Seed; Cloth; Cotton
Local Term
Musur
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: V
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'MUSUR. Pair of armlets in various twills, mainly nines & threes, the former picked out near the junction in blue paint. Ends concealed under red cotton, stiffened with rod, decorated with rows and strings of coix Lachrymae.'
Card 2: 'Pair of armlets in various twills, picked our [out] in blue paint. Ends concealed under rod covered with red European cotton material. Decorated with rows and strings of coix seeds.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn on upper arm by both men and women; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79519
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