Accession No
1930.501
Description
Ornament - Spray of areca leaf cut from single stem. Original accession notes: " Made of young unopened leaves, the ribs are removed from the leaflets. (Such ornaments are displayed at ceremonies on Middle Sepik and included in the totemic system)." Good
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Middle Sepik; Panyiten
Period
Source
Bateson, Gregory [donor]; Kirschbaum (Father)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1930.501; MAA: 1930.501
Cultural Affliation
Material
Leaf; Areca Leaf
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Museum record photograph: F11,10.; Found: Between Keram and Yuat Rivers; Collected by: Kirschbaum.Father;
Event Date 30/6/1995
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Spray of areca leaf cut from single stem. Original accession notes: " Made of young unopened leaves, the ribs are removed from the leaflets. (Such ornaments are displayed at ceremonies on Middle Sepik and included in the totemic system)." Good
Event Date 30/6/1995
Author: maa
FM:102581
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