- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- String-work fringe at intervals on palm leaf band decorated with scoring. [FB 13/6/2017]
- Geographical reference
- 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 String, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Strung, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 332 mm, Width: max 265 mm, Height: max 58 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.87.41
Search terms: Ornament, Cordage, Waist Ornament
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