Accession No
Z 7672
Description
Gaiter - Card 1: 'Makamak. Leglets; slightly decorated with beads, this is unusual and is evidently a comparatively recent innovation.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of leg bands plaited from fine surface roots of coconut. Decorated with occasional trade beads.'
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 7672; MAA: Z 7672; OH 193
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
' Exhibited: 'Torres Strait Islanders: An Exhibition Marking the Centenary of the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Exhibition' at UCMAA, July 1998 to December 2000, with following label " Legband makamak. Plaited rings of coconut root ornamented with beads and wool, worn beloz the knee in dances by men and women. c.A.C. Haddon 1898. Mer. Z 7672." F. Veys, 8/8/2006'
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Makamak. Leglets; slightly decorated with beads, this is unusual and is evidently a comparatively recent innovation.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of leg bands plaited from fine surface roots of coconut. Decorated with occasional trade beads.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn below knee by both men and women; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79663
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