Bundle of two lengths of creeper stem and lengths of creeper fibre. [MJD 01/05/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bundle of two lengths of creeper stem and lengths of creeper fibre. [MJD 01/05/2014]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Andaman Islands
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Creeper Plant, Material Plant Stem, Process Beaten, Process Tied
Dimensions: Length: max 445 mm, Width: max 48 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.48.47
Associated publications: JAI, 1878: 462 'Yôlba-da A creeper. This is the most valued and valuable fibre in these jungles. It is used in the manufacture of their bow strings arrow fastenings, the 'Râb' (v ticket no 34) 'Châpanga' (v no 33) the fastenings of their necklaces and other personal ornaments also on the 'Kôwaia' (v no 24) and 'Kawno' (v no 21) (A specimen is attached of the string made by them from this fibre' [Taken from 'List of Andamanese and Nicobarese Implements Ornaments etc presented to Major-General Lane Fox by EH Man esq and thus described by Mr Man 18th September 1877'. [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]