Arm ornament worn during mourning.

Collection type: Object
Description: Arm ornament worn during mourning.
Long description: Description taken from Conservation Card by Heather Richardson 11/03/2002 - Two armlets of similar diameter. Substuate of bent split cane decorated on the outside with seeds used as beads attached with plant fibre twine. (Heather Richardson 11/03/2002) [LKG 27/03/2009]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Oro Province Ijivitari District Collingwood Bay
Person: Field collector William Henry Abbot; PRM source Edward Gerrard and Sons
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1901
Date collected: By 1901
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1901
Materials and processes: Material Coix Seed Plant
Object numbers: Accession number: 1901.65.37

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