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1900.55.243

Arm ornament, plaited cane. The old PRM label is tied around this armlet and 1900.55.242. [ZM 6/11/2003]

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1900.55.243

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Collection type
Object
Description
Arm ornament, plaited cane. The old PRM label is tied around this armlet and 1900.55.242. [ZM 6/11/2003]
Geographical reference
Northern Territory Port Essington
Person
Field collector Harry Stockdale
Field collector Norman Heywood Hardy
PRM source Robert Francis Wilkins
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1891?, uncertain
Date collected
?1891
Acquisition information
Donated: 1900
Materials and processes
Material Cane Plant, Process Plaited, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Diameter: max 74 mm, Width: max 10 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.55.243
Research and responses

Note that Hardy and Stockdale travelled together in the Port Essington, Alligator River regions in 1891 [AP 8/3/2001]

RDF [1900.55] Handwritten list of Hardy collection - Entry same as Hardy special collection accession book entry.

Search terms: Ornament, Basketry, Arm Ornament