- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- One of a pair of leg bands. Brown green in colour, with woven band from which fibre fringing hangs. For the matching leg band see 1964.2.65 .2 [BS [OPS Move] 16/11/2016]
- Cultural groups
- Wayana
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1963
- Date collected
- April - October 1963
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1964
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Crocheted, Process Dyed, Process Woven
- Dimensions
- Length: max 135 mm, Width: max 136 mm, Depth: max 83 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1964.2.65.1
Search terms: Ornament, Clothing, Leg Ornament
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