Accession No
Z 7669
Description
Gaiter - Card 1; 'Makamak. Leglets of rather small size and painted red.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of small leglets plaited from fine surface roots of coconut and painted with red ochre.'
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 7669; MAA: Z 7669; OH 188
Cultural Affliation
Material
Root; Coconut Root
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 of rather small size and painted red.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of small leglets plaited from fine surface roots of coconut and painted with red ochre.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn below knee by both men and women; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79662
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