- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Shell arm ornament. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/9/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Queensland Torres Strait Islands
- Person
- Field collector Alfred Cort Haddon
- Field collector Cambridge Torres Straits Expedition
- PRM source Alfred Cort Haddon
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1888
- Date collected
- ?1888
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1889
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell, Material Conus Shell
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 73 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1889.34.12
Search terms: Ornament, Arm Ornament
Further items to explore
1970.32.47.1Pair of armlets covered with red textile and decorated with beadwork in black and yellow, with multicoloured bead string fringes. 1970.32.47.1
1945.8.10.3Thin green glass bangle. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/11/2005]1945.8.10.3
1911.64.57Arm ornament; solid, heavy, pennannular copper armlet. Greyish-green in part, from oxidisation. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/10/2005]1911.64.57
1938.36.665Armlet, made from pandanus plant fibre plaited into a band. Roughly oval in shape. [ASh [OPS move] 14/11/2016]1938.36.665
1910.42.2.20Animal bone fragment. [RH [OPS Move] 12/5/2017]1910.42.2.20
1899.9.1Upper part of a spear with serrated head of quartzite fixed to a wooden haft with gum, stained with ochre. Mounted in a glass-topped box with other spearheads. [El.B 14/08/2007]1899.9.1
1884.19.347Spear thrower very long, narrow body a small wooden peg that is held in place with resin and plant fibre. [SM 04/02/2008]1884.19.347
1943.4.46Quartzite spearhead or knife.1943.4.46