Pair of wristlets of very close strong stringwork, spirally built and involving constriction of the wrist.

Collection type: Object
Description: Pair of wristlets of very close strong stringwork, spirally built and involving constriction of the wrist.
Geographical reference: Brazil
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Brazil; Pará Tocantins River
Person: Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1927
Date collected: By 1927
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1927
Materials and processes: Material String, Material Net Textile, Process Netted
Dimensions: Length 92 mm, Diameter: max 65 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1927.80.14
Research and responses: In his diary of the trip, Henry Balfour states on Tuesday 9th August 1927 that he went ashore to Pará and "did some rather disappointing shopping. I spent £2-10-0 on Indian spears + arrows etc. for the Museum , but found little else of interest", which seems to refer to these objects. [CRFW 6/2/2003]

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