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1884.83.18

Headdress of pandanus leaf band with upstanding piece of leaf. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 19/08/2010]

1884.83.18

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Collection type
Object
Description
Headdress of pandanus leaf band with upstanding piece of leaf. [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, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length: max 261 mm, Width: max 145 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.83.18 PR no.: 17b/ 11935
Associated publications
JAI 1882: 278 'Shano-ang-dai-larom (Plate XXVI fig 10) Chaplet made from the leaf of the Pandanus Mellori as occasionally worn by young men and women both married and single' [EH Man]. Indian Antiquary, Feb. 1895, 'Catalogue of Nicobarese objects', p. 49 '60 (m and f) Shanoang (Car Nicobar Tâchökla) Ornamental head-band made of Pandanus-leaf, worn on the head by both sexes, usually on festive occasions. At Car Nicobar it is always, and at Chowra and Teressa sometimes, made of the spathe of the Areca catechu.' [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Ritual and Ceremonial, Headdress, Ceremonial Object

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