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1921.93.185

Hair ornament of a thin reed of cane, incised with line & zigzag patterns, with arrow-head of palm wood. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/1/2006]

1921.93.185

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hair ornament of a thin reed of cane, incised with line & zigzag patterns, with arrow-head of palm wood. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/1/2006]
Geographical reference
Vanuatu
Oceania > Melanesia > Vanuatu
Erromango
Person
Field collector Charles Frederick Wood
PRM source Edith Lucy Wake Wood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1873
Date collected
August 18 - 28 1873
Acquisition information
Donated: 1921
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Reed Plant, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 251 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.93.185

Search terms: Ornament, Pin, Hair Ornament

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