Bamboo frame [.1] used for making armlets, with unfinished armlet on it [.2]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/11/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Bamboo frame [.1] used for making armlets, with unfinished armlet on it [.2]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/11/2005]
Geographical reference: Solomon Islands
Oceania > Melanesia > Solomon Islands
Person: Field collector Robert Henry Codrington; Field collector Melanesian Mission; PRM source Robert Henry Codrington
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1912
Date collected: By 1912
Acquisition information: Donated: 1912
Materials and processes: Material Bamboo Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Bead, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 330 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.100.64.1
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter from Codrington to Balfour, dated 13 July 1916 giving information regarding objects from San Cristoval, the Torres Islands and the Banks Islands, as well as plans for setting up a Museum at his former school. [See file for full text.] [MOB 15/11/2001]
Associated publications: Reference: Objects as insights : R. H. Codrington's ethnographic collections from Melanesia., Main author: Nick Stanley.; London, 2021, Page: 41, Page illustrated: 42, Notes: Bamboo frame used for making armlets, with unfinished armlet, Solomon Islands

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