Accession No
1948.2632 A
Description
Narrow armband of woven vegetable fibre - brown, red and yellow
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
1948.2632 A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Fibre; Dye
Local Term
Measurements
110mm x 20mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) 'From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers River '. Other Solomon Islands material, 1948.2626 and 1948.2628, was given to Lady Violet Beaumont's brother, 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 5/3/2008
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
On catalogue card: '[One of] Two narrow bands of woven orchid straw, in red, yellow and brown. Compare 1948.2632. These are armlets'.
Event Date 5/3/2008
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A small label attached to the object reads: '48.2632.A' in black ink.
Event Date 4/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
Context (CMS Context)
According to the object's catalogue card, it was collected in Awa, Shortland Island in 1903.
Event Date 4/10/2016
Author: Lucie Carreau
FM:265033
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