Accession No
Z 7793
Description
Groin Shield - Card 1: 'ALIDA. Groin-shield.'
Card 2: 'Triangular curved segment of Melo shell with incised decoration of lines and dots along top, where two holes bored for attachment. Belt of woven coconut fibre attached by loops knotted through holes.'
Belt fraying. Suspended from..
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7793; MAA: Z 7793; OH 693
Cultural Affliation
Material
Shell; Melo Shell
Local Term
Alida
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Fig. 204
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'ALIDA. Groin-shield.'
Card 2: 'Triangular curved segment of Melo shell with incised decoration of lines and dots along top, where two holes bored for attachment. Belt of woven coconut fibre attached by loops knotted through holes.'
Belt fraying. Suspended from; Good; Fair.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79636
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