- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Black hair (possibly giraffe tail hair) armlet with unusual double knot which act as a slider allowing expansion or contraction of the armlet. [BS [OPS Move] 30/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Ipswich Museum
- PRM source Patricia Margaret Maclaren Butler
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1966
- Date collected
- By 1966
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1966
- Materials and processes
- Material Giraffe Hair Animal, Process Knotted
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 6 mm at slip knot, Diameter: max 72 mm external
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1966.1.520
Search terms: Ornament, Arm Ornament
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