Anklet

52-42-6

From: New Britain | West Nakanai

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 52-42-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Lakalai
Provenience New Britain | West Nakanai
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Fiber
Description

Child's anklet or bracelet. Reed dyed purple and loosely plaited into carinated hollow ring. Anklet or bracelet for child of either sex. Native name - La Mamaako.

Outside Diameter 10 cm
Credit Line New Guinea Ethnological Reconnaissance; Ward Goodenough, 1952

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