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drawing(landscape)

Object Type
Museum number: Am2006,Drg.101
Title: Object: Aboriginal Ornament selected from the International Exhibition London 1862 for Henry Christy
Description: Drawing; pl.43, fig1; a sword handle of brass, decorated in a pattern of small cords arranged in leaf-like loops; fig.2; a sword sheath of dark brown wood; a floral ornament neatly carved in low relief surrounds the upper part with an intricate plait of straw wrapped round the sheath immediately below the carving. Borneo. Watercolour
Producer name
Production date: 19thC
Production place: Painted in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 30.30 centimetres; Width: 24 centimetres
Curator's comments: There are one hundred and twenty-seven drawings on sixty-seven cards from eighteen countries, plus twenty pages of hand written text, which comprises of one title page, one contents list and eighteen pages of description of the drawings.
Location: Not on display
Condition: good
Subjects
Associated places: Associated with: London
Associated ethnic name
Associated events: Associated Event: International Exhibition London 1862
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2007
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am2006,Drg.101
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: Am2006-Drg101-Haw