Wood awl w/ incomplete armband wrapped in grass

Museum number:
11-38710a,b
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Accession number:
Acc.2219
Description:
Arm band in process; a) Looped bast band for attachment of cowrie shells; b) wood awl; In 1962 two cowries = one day’s work; in 1966 six cowries = taro tube. No one could work in immediate vicinity of mission
Donor:
Klaus Koch and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Angkruk village, Central Jalemo, West Papua Province, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Awls
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wood awl w/ incomplete armband wrapped in grass, accession number 11-38710a,b, described as Arm band in process; a) Looped bast band for attachment of cowrie shells; b) wood awl; In 1962 two cowries = one day’s work; in 1966 six cowries = taro tube. No one could work in immediate vicinity of mission

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