Accession No
Z 7639
Description
Gaiter - Card 1: 'Leglets & [?finger-ring] makamak tag makamak.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of plaited coconut fibre rings.'
Leglet made of plaited rings of plaited coconut fibre. Worn below knee by both men and women in dance ceremonies.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7639; MAA: Z 7639; OH 1053
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: 'Leglets & [?finger-ring] makamak tag makamak.'
Card 2: 'Bundle of plaited coconut fibre rings.'
Leglet made of plaited rings of plaited coconut fibre. Worn below knee by both men and women in dance ceremonies.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79674
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