Accession No
Z 7667
Description
Armband - Card 1: 'Musur - broad - 2 rows cowrie shells - blue cotton [?mat], band & tassel.'
Card 2: 'Large armlet of plaited coconut leaf strip decorated at join with cowrie shells and blue cotton material.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn on upper arm by both men and women.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7667; MAA: Z 7667; OH 1055
Cultural Affliation
Material
Leaf; Coconut Leaf; Shell; Cowrie Shell
Local Term
Musur; Put
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. V. Pl. XIV, fig. 6
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Musur - broad - 2 rows cowrie shells - blue cotton [?mat], band & tassel.'
Card 2: 'Large armlet of plaited coconut leaf strip decorated at join with cowrie shells and blue cotton material.'
Used in dances and ceremonies. Worn on upper arm by both men and women; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79670
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