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1920.100.375.2

Red, yellow and black grasswork plaited armlet, with red grass work left unplaited to form tassels at one end. [ZM 26/10/2004]

1920.100.375.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Red, yellow and black grasswork plaited armlet, with red grass work left unplaited to form tassels at one end. [ZM 26/10/2004]
Person
Field collector Robert Henry Codrington
Field collector Melanesian Mission
PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1888
Date collected
By 1888
Acquisition information
Donated: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Grass Fibre Plant, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Length: max 105 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1920.100.375.2
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Letter from Codrington to Balfour, dated 13 July 1916 giving information regarding objects from San Cristoval, the Torres Islands and the Banks Islands, as well as plans for setting up a Museum at his former school. [See file for full text.] [MOB 15/11/2001]

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