Context (CMS Context)
(Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers.
Event Date 12/11/2007
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
"Pair of wristlets" [crossed out]. Ornament made of beads and small teeth of rodent. Worn below knee - used in dancing.
Event Date 12/11/2007
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Leg ornament made from four strands of glass beads in red, white, blue and clear, divided into four sections by three bands of porpoise teeth. The beads are strung on plaited grass fibre and small pieces of tortoise shell separate the sections and secure the ends. [Heather Donoghue 30.05.2012]
Event Date 5/6/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 323. Pair of wristlets ['Pair of wristlets' crossed out in black ink and replaced with 'Ornaments'] made of beads and small teeth of rodent. Rivers Colln.'; [later addition handwritten in black ink:] ' – worn below knee – used in dancing.'; [later addition handwritten in pencil:] '?Solomons'.

Two leg bands Z 323 A and B are tied together with a metal tag, which reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 323'. [Heather Donoghue 30.05.2012]
Event Date 5/6/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue