Basketry armband

Museum number:
11-43147a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm211143147a@2cb
Alternate number:
47 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Arm bands. Plaited plant fiber, dark red and natural color geometric design on dark brown ground. length - 24.0 cm., width - 3.2 cm. Plant fiber, dyed, plaited. (yellow & red on brown ground)
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Materials:
Plant fiber
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Armbands, Basketry (object genre), and Plaited weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 3.2 centimeters and length 24 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry armband, accession number 11-43147a,b, described as Arm bands. Plaited plant fiber, dark red and natural color geometric design on dark brown ground. length - 24.0 cm., width - 3.2 cm. Plant fiber, dyed, plaited. (yellow & red on brown ground)

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