Accession No
Z 7634
Description
Armband - Card 1: 'KADIG. Long thin bracer in twilled rattan.'
Card 2: 'Exceptionally long thin type. Twilled pattern of bamboo strip.'
Arm guard or bracer for protection against bowstring. 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 7634; MAA: Z 7634; OH 686
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Cane; Bamboo
Local Term
Kadig; Kadik
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. XIV
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'KADIG. Long thin bracer in twilled rattan.'
Card 2: 'Exceptionally long thin type. Twilled pattern of bamboo strip.'
Arm guard or bracer for protection against bowstring. Worn on left arm by men only. (Known as " kadig" in western Torres Strait and as " kadik" in eastern); Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79634
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