Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card handwritten in black ink reads, 'Armlet. / Made from human hair, used at corroborees. Diameter 4 1/2", has been coloured white with pipeclay. / [black ball point pen; different hand] "Wide armlets circular & painted oval, made of bark fibre of human hair on a wooden foundation, two have pendants of human hair" (accession book)'.
Event Date 1907
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Context (Related Documents)
The 23rd annual report (1908) reads, 'AUSTRALIA [...] 796—806. Eleven armlets; four wide, of circular or pointed oval outline, made on a wooden foundation, of bark, fibre, and human hair (two decorated with human hair pendants), Melville Island'.
Event Date 29/5/1908
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu

Description (Physical description)
Arm ornament. Wide flat ring of human hair and bark bound tightly, applied with white pipeclay. Worn when dancing.
Event Date 10/12/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu