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Catalog Number

CAS 2000-0008-0013   CAS 2000-0008-0013; Bracelet
Category Basketry; Jewelry & Metalwork
Object Name Bracelet
Culture Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu
Global Region Oceania
Country Vanuatu (New Hebrides)
State/Prov./Dist. Tongoa
County
Other Geographic Data Village: Lumbukuti
Maker's Name Willy Dick (b. 1981)
Date of Manufacture 2000
Collection Name N/A
Materials Pandanus strips
Description Ring bracelet woven of natural colored pandanus strips in a plaiting technique; Continuous warp fiber is wrapped around bracelet in coiling technique; Pattern on bracelet consists of adjacent diagonal terraced lines.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.3, Max Diam = 9.8