- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Object made up of coral, fern leaf, fibre string and bark cloth strips used as a remedy against disease. Mounted in a glass fronted box. [MJD 07/07/2014]
- Long description
- Object made up of coral, fern leaf, coconut fibre string and bark cloth strips used as a remedy against disease. The coral is peforated and tied wot the bundle with plaited sennit. Some of the leaves have dots. The object is mounted in a glass fronted box. [MJD 07/07/2014]
- Person
- Field collector James Edward Newell
- Field collector London Missionary Society
- PRM source James Edward Newell
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1887
- Date collected
- November 1887
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1888
- Materials and processes
- Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Coral, Material Fern Plant, Material Sennit Coconut Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Glass, Material Wood Plant, Process Beaten, Process Perforated, Process Plaited
- Dimensions
- Width: max 195 mm glass box, Length: max 279 mm glass box, Depth: max 39 mm glass box
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1888.5.1
1888.5.1
Object made up of coral, fern leaf, fibre string and bark cloth strips used as a remedy against disease. Mounted in a glass fronted box. [MJD 07/07/2014]
1888.5.1
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