Accession No
Z 7668
Description
Gaiter - Card 1: 'MAKAMAK. Leglets worn in variable numbers immediately below the knee plaited from the surface roots of the coconut palm; of smaller size - some [?ruddled] and decorated with pieces of [?worsted].'
Card 2: 'Bundle of leg bands plaited from fine surface roots of coconut. Some painted with red ochre and decorated with red wool material.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn below knee by both men and women.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7668; MAA: Z 7668; OH 187
Cultural Affliation
Material
Root; Coconut Root; Textile; Cloth; Wool
Local Term
Makamak
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. V, fig. 10
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'MAKAMAK. Leglets worn in variable numbers immediately below the knee plaited from the surface roots of the coconut palm; of smaller size - some [?ruddled] and decorated with pieces of [?worsted].'
Card 2: 'Bundle of leg bands plaited from fine surface roots of coconut. Some painted with red ochre and decorated with red wool material.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn below knee by both men and women; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79661
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