Accession No
Z 7635 A
Description
Armband - Card 1: 'KADIK. Plaited armlets.'
Card 2: 'Six specimens, plaited bamboo strip.'
Used as arm guards or bracers for protection against bow string. Worn on left arm by men only. (Known as "kadig" in western Torres Strait and as "kadik" in eastern).
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7635 A; MAA: Z 7635; Z 7635 A-F; OH 1040 A; OH 1040 B; OH 1040 C; OH 1040 D; OH 1040 E; OH 1040 F
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bamboo
Local Term
Kadig; Kadik
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums; Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. XIV, figs 9 & 10
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'KADIK. Plaited armlets.'
Card 2: 'Six specimens, plaited bamboo strip.'
Used as arm guards or bracers for protection against bow string. Worn on left arm by men only. (Known as " kadig" in western Torres Strait and as " kadik" in eastern); Fair.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79633
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