arm-band
- Museum number
- 2009,2010.4
- Description
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Band ornament for the arm, plaited of dark vine-strip and patterned with embroidery in red and yellow vine-strip
- Production date
- 1980s
- Dimensions
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Width: 10.70 centimetres
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Depth: 1.90 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- This band comes from east Kwaio, Malaita, where it is known as tokila (see Burt (2009) Body Ornaments of Malaita, p.130). It was made in the 1980s under the Kwaio Cultural Centre programme.
See more of David Marshall's collection 2015,2034.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2009,2010.4
