Accession No
1948.2631
Description
head ornament - woven band of ?orchid straw in red, yellow and brown. Worn round the woolly hair
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Solomon Islands; Shortland Island; Awa
Period
Source
Stapleton, Violet Elise M L (Lady Beaumont) [donor]; Rivers, William Halse Rivers (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1948.2631
Cultural Affliation
Material
plant fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers.
Other Solomon Islands material, 1948.2626 and 1948.2628, was given to Lady Violet Beaumont’s bother, Frederick Wootton-Isaacson by Charles Woodford, and presumably donated by her after her brother’s death in 1948. R.Hand 8/4/2009’
Event Date 29/1/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
woven band of ?orchid straw in red, yellow and brown. Worn round the woolly hair
Event Date 29/1/2008
Author: maa
FM:265032
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