Context (CMS Context)
Object number is part of the series of Solomon island material received from W.H.R.Rivers, R.Hand 8/4/2009.
Event Date 29/1/2008
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
One of a pair of woven armbands- red, yellow and brown.
Event Date 29/1/2008
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Object Recorded as W.H.R. Rivers in accession register. (Bio) From the collection of Dr. William Halse Rivers Rivers.

Catalogue card reads [handwritten in black ink:] 'Z 327 a & b MELANESIA SOLOMON ISLANDS. Pair of woven armbands – red, yellow & brown.' [Red circular sticker top right of catalogue card.]
Event Date 5/6/2013
Author: Heather Donoghue

Description (CMS Description)
Grass cuff or armband plaited in horizontal twill; the armband is red divided into four squares of yellow and black horizontal lines on each side. Black and yellow fibre is plaited down the sides of each square forming a zigzag pattern. Grass tassels extend from one opening and have been tucked inside the armband. [Heather Donoghue 12.06.2012]
Event Date 5/6/2013
Author: maa