- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Plaited palm leaf belt with brown zig zag design. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/5/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Oro Province Ijivitari District Collingwood Bay
- Cultural groups
- Ubir
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1908
- Date collected
- By 1908
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1908
- Materials and processes
- Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Plaited, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Length: max 830 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1908.70.149
- Research and responses
It is clear that the field collector must have been Arthur Kent Chignell, a missionary at Wanigela from 1907, and William Henry Chignell, the donor (he was actually his father) see biographies for details [AP 23/04/2014 amended September 2015 to be clear]
The Ethnologue gives the current spelling of Ubiri as Ubir and says their home is 'Oro Province, Tufi District, coast of Collingwood Bay on the Kwagila River', for Maisin the Ethnologue says 'Oro Province, villages along coast of Collingwood Bay and Kosirava swamp.' [AP 11/5/2000]
Search terms: Ornament, Clothing, Basketry, Belt, Waist Ornament
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