- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Barkcloth waist cloth. Is is cream in colour. The fibres are thin in places and there are holes. The strip of barkcloth has been folded three places. [AB [OPS Move] 17/7/2017]
- Cultural groups
- Semang
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1893
- Date collected
- By 1893
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1893
- Materials and processes
- Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Process Beaten
- Dimensions
- Width: max 185 mm, Length: max 1850 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1893.70.14
Search terms: Barkcloth, Clothing, Ornament, Waist Cloth, Waist Ornament, Belt
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