armlet (arm ornament)

An armlet from the Andaman Islands. The armlet consists of ornamental strips of bound cane work. A thin length of cane has been tightly bound with string and coiled into a loop. At regular intervals there are attached bundles of string which hang loose.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
10.148
Date
circa 1906-8
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 152.4 x 127 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cane; string
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Perspectives > Collectors perspective
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