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1884.82.352

Leg ornament of a ring of tightly bound pandanus leaf with two tassels of pandanus leaf strips on two stalks. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/11/2005]

1884.82.352

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Collection type
Object
Description
Leg ornament of a ring of tightly bound pandanus leaf with two tassels of pandanus leaf strips on two stalks. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/11/2005]
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 400 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.82.352
Associated publications
JAI, 1878: 459 'Garter (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]

Search terms: Ornament, Leg Ornament

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