Accession No
Z 7799
Description
Belt - Card 1: 'PET WAK. Shell belt. Narrow (8 weft) plaited belt covered with 2 rows of cowry mouths & tufts of red stuff.'
Card 2: 'Narrow belt of woven palm leaf strip with double row of cowrie shells attached. Tufts of European red cotton yarn also attached and a few Anadara shells suspended.'
Worn generally, especially by men when dancing.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7799; MAA: Z 7799; OH 125
Cultural Affliation
Material
Leaf; Palm Leaf; Shell; Andara Shell
Local Term
Pet wak
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Fig. 72
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'PET WAK. Shell belt. Narrow (8 weft) plaited belt covered with 2 rows of cowry mouths & tufts of red stuff.'
Card 2: 'Narrow belt of woven palm leaf strip with double row of cowrie shells attached. Tufts of European red cotton yarn also attached and a few Anadara shells suspended.'
Worn generally, especially by men when dancing; Fair.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79656
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