- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Net belt to hold weapons.
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Possibly before 1881
- Date collected
- ?Prior to 1881
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Net Textile, Process Netted
- Dimensions
- Length: max 3080 mm, Width: max 82 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.87.29 PR no.: 13/ 12099
Search terms: Clothing, Weapon, Ritual and Ceremonial, Transport and Travel, Cordage, Belt, Ceremonial Object, Waist Cloth
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