Accession No

E 1911.111.21/Record 2 B


Description

Bracelet, comprising a single strand loop of wire-like plant fibre (?cane) strung with grey beads made from adlay/Job's tears. The loop is larger than a wrist and the fibre has become semi-fixed in a smaller, overlapping loop.


Place

Asia; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Borneo; Sabah; Kota Belud District [Tempassuk District]


Period


Source

Evans, Ivor Hugh Norman [field collector and donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

E 1911.111.21/Record 2 B; MAA: AR 1911.553 B; 6 [Evans Catalogue No.]


Cultural Affliation

?Dusun; ?Ilanon; Illanum [historical]; ?Bajau


Material

Plant; Fibre; Seed; Coix lacryma-jobi


Local Term


Measurements

6mm x 6mm x 200mm


Events

Context (CMS Context)
Collected by Ivor Hugh Norman Evans in 1910-1911.
Event Date 26/9/1994
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
A: three bracelets of buffalo horn, one plain, one with brass inlay and one with strips of tin foil bound round it. B: bracelet of Job's Tears. C: plaited bracelet of vegetable fibre
Event Date 26/9/1994
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Bracelet, comprising a single strand loop of wire-like plant fibre (?cane) strung with grey beads made from adlay/Job's tears. The loop is larger than a wrist and the fibre has become semi-fixed in a smaller, overlapping loop.
Event Date 3/11/2022
Author: Flo Sutton


FM:300074

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