DepartmentTextiles-Oceania

Armlet

NameArmlet

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca 1982

Place madeMIDDLE SEPIC RIVER AREA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, OCEANIA

Mediumorganic, fiber

Dimensions1 15/16 x 5 in. (4.9 x 12.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Dr. Marshall Clinard Ph. D., A.1989.38.7

Object numberA.1989.38.7

DescriptionFive rows of shells at one end, and long triangular section of plain knitted cord at other; plain section appears as snout of crocodile, with shells inset in raised loops as eyes and one circular shell at point of "snout". Armband has second, plain "jaw" underneath, fitting on back side of armband.