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1940.7.0289

Fibre waist ornament, belt or skirt. Consisting of shirt fringes made up of dyed red and black plant fibre sections hanging from a plaited plant fibre band. The ties at the end of the belt are plaited and knotted. [ASh [OPS move] 17/08/2016]

1940.7.0289

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Collection type
Object
Description
Fibre waist ornament, belt or skirt. Consisting of shirt fringes made up of dyed red and black plant fibre sections hanging from a plaited plant fibre band. The ties at the end of the belt are plaited and knotted. [ASh [OPS move] 17/08/2016]
Geographical reference
Africa
Africa
Person
Field collector Samuel Peach Powell
PRM source Samuel Peach Powell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1940
Date collected
By 1940
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Process Dyed, Process Plaited, Process Woven
Dimensions
Diameter: max 72 mm coiled, Length: max 192 mm coiled
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.7.0289

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing, Waist Ornament, Skirt