Accession No
Z 7795
Description
Sash - Card 1: 'NAGA or NAGER or KAMADI. Crossed shoulder-belt decorated with coix seeds.'
Card 2: '2 Bands of woven palm leaf strip decorated with coix seeds.'
Worn crossed over shoulders, used for warfare and dancing. Stated to be imported from New Guinea.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Muralag
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7795; MAA: Z 7795; OH 117
Cultural Affliation
Material
Leaf; Palm Leaf; Seed; Coix Seed
Local Term
Kamadi; Naga
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1888; Ref. Plate: Pl. I, fig. 6. Pl. V, fig. 10
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'NAGA or NAGER or KAMADI. Crossed shoulder-belt decorated with coix seeds.'
Card 2: '2 Bands of woven palm leaf strip decorated with coix seeds.'
Worn crossed over shoulders, used for warfare and dancing. Stated to be imported from New Guinea; Fair.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79526
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