Head sling used in dances, made from rattan, wooden and dyed red textile [ZM 19/06/2015]

Collection type: Object
Description: Head sling used in dances, made from rattan, wooden and dyed red textile [ZM 19/06/2015]
Long description: Head sling. Made from a piece f rattan attached to a carved section of wood painted with red and white pigment and bound together with a length of red textile. Used in dances. [ZM 19/06/2015]
Geographical reference: Australia
Oceania > Australia and New Zealand > Australia; 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 Rattan Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Textile, Process Bound, Process Dyed, Process Painted
Dimensions: Width: max 194 mm, Length: max 382 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1889.34.55

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