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1884.87.52

Plant fibre ornament with painted zig zag decoration [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/4/2005]

1884.87.52

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Collection type
Object
Description
Plant fibre ornament with painted zig zag decoration [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/4/2005]
Long description
matched
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1878
Date collected
?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted
Dimensions
Diameter: max 270 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.87.52 Other numbers: 29
Associated publications
JAI, 1878: 459 'Waistbelt (Rô-gûn-da) made from the leaves of the young screw pine (Pandanus) It is worn by all adult women and no others. 5 specimens are enclosed also one from North Andaman Pl XII' [Taken from 'List of Andamanese and Nicobarese Implements Ornaments etc presented to Major-General Lane Fox by EH Man esq and thus described by Mr Man 18th September 1877']. ?Displayed in Bethnal Green and South Kensington Museums (V&A)[AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing, Belt, Waist Ornament

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