arm-band
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.726
- Description
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Circular armband made from plant fibre cord with raised chevron pattern to exterior. Covered with dark brown and white pigment, and small patch of red pigment on outer edge.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 10 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.40 centimetres
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Width: 2.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Collected by William Cooke Daniels at Kwalimurubu on 10 July 1904 along with Oc1906,1013.724-41, which form a complete mourning costume. BM register notes Oc1906,1013.725-41 were tied with a handkerchief. 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
- Oc1906,1013.726
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous Number: 6128-6129 (Cooke Daniels Number)
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Miscellaneous Number: 6132 (Cooke Daniels Number)