Plaited rattan wide armband of dyed red and buff rattan strips, which have been woven into a diamond shape. Geometric patterns on the surface. [ASh [OPS move] 15/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Plaited rattan wide armband of dyed red and buff rattan strips, which have been woven into a diamond shape. Geometric patterns on the surface. [ASh [OPS move] 15/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Morobe Province Tewai-Siassi District Umboi Island [Rook Island]
Person: Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood; PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period: Date made: Before 05/1937
Date collected: 24 May 1937
Acquisition information: Donated: 1938
Materials and processes: Material Rattan Plant, Material Pigment, Process Plaited, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Height: max 73 mm, Depth: max 43 mm, Width: max 85 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.36.982 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 925

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