Arm ornament of a loop of tightly bound pandanus leaf with two tassels of pandanus leaf strips on two stalks. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/11/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Arm ornament of a loop of tightly bound pandanus leaf with two tassels of pandanus leaf strips on two stalks. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/11/2005]
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: Possibly before 1878
Date collected: ?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Plant Leaf, Material Pandanus Plant, Material String, Process Bound
Dimensions: Length: max 310 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.82.344
Associated publications: JAI, 1878: 459 'Bracelet (Tâchawnga-da) worn by men and boys made from the leaves of the young screw-pine (Pandanus)' [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]

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