puzzle
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.364
- Description
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Toy or puzzle made from three lengths of coconut midrib forming elongated diamond shape; two outer lengths twisted into interlocking loops with third straight midrib across centre; lengths tied at either end with strips of midrib fibre. Further thinner midrib strip looped around centre length and knotted in three places.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Length: 34.20 centimetres
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Width: 6.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Expedition label stamped 'DANIELS ETHNOGRAPHICAL EXPEDITION' written in red ink reads: 'HULA puzzle PULI'. Comment by Heather Donoghue, Ph.D candidate, UEA, 2020.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired during the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1906,1013.364