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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