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armlet
Object Type
armlet
Museum number
Oc.5640
Description
Armlet made of rows of wooden(?) sticks woven across with fibre cord and partially ornamented with rows of cut nerita(?) shells.
Production date
19thC
(before 1869)
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
West Papua
(?)
Materials
fibre
nerita shell
(?)
reed
(?)
wood
(?)
Curator's comments
Original registration slip: 109 Handwritten label: 109
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Exchanged with:
Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden
Acquisition date
1869
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Oc.5640
Additional IDs
CDMS number:
Oc1869C1.5640
(old CDMS no.)
Miscellaneous number:
Oc1869C0829.121