collar
- Museum number
- Oc1982,06.118
- Description
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Dog's collar (warning) made of rattan, seeds.
- Production date
- 20thC (before 1981)
- Dimensions
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Height: 3 centimetres (when lying flat)
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Length: 26 centimetres (approx)
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Width: 20.50 centimetres (approx. Seeds lying flat with no overlap)
- Curator's comments
- Notes made by Maria Wronska Friend recorded in Eth. Doc. 964:
Dog’s warning collar, na-mà, put on a dog’s neck during possum hunting. The noise of the seeds rattling indicates the position of the dog to the hunter before the dog has chance to consume game. The seeds brought from warmer area, north of Tekap. Kweptanap.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1982
- Acquisition notes
- Information from Donations Book: 'An ethnographic collection made by the vendor in the field in 1981.'
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1982,06.118
