Leg band

Description
A leg band made from small metal rings threaded onto a wood support and tied with red and brown cotton.

"Male ceremonial leg bands. Obtained from Chinese traders or the Maloh craftsmen. Maloh craftsmen wandered through Borneo staying at different long houses. The legband and other jewellery are part of an individual wealth."
- N. M. Roe fieldnote: No. 5.
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Wood support, metal rings and cotton.
Production place
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Collection
N.M. Roe Collection/Iban & Indonesian Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1972/129/4.1

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