Arm bands

NameArm bands

Artist Artist not recorded

Dateca. 1890 - 1900

Place madeMalampa, Vanuatu, Melanesia, Oceania

MediumGlass beads, fiber (coconut or bark)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1970.34.11ab

Object numberFA.1970.34.11ab

Collections

Kal Muller Collection

DescriptionArmlets with a fiber base, beaded overall in an alternating, interlocking triangular motif of black and white glass beads. The two arm bands are not the same size. a. has four rows of triangles, and b. is shorter, and has three rows. It appears to have been cut down at the top. Worn on upper arms.