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1884.83.17

Headdress of pandanus leaves in a band with painted zigzag lines. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 19/08/2010]

1884.83.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Headdress of pandanus leaves in a band with painted zigzag lines. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 19/08/2010]
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1878
Date collected
?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Pandanus Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Tied
Dimensions
Length: max 194 mm, Width: max 135 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.83.17 PR no.: 114 a/ 11935 or 114b/ 11935
Associated publications
JAI, 1878: 459 'Chaplet (Ijî-gônga-da) worn by both sexes' [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, Clothing Headgear, Ritual and Ceremonial, Headdress, Ceremonial Object

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