Waist belt of bands of pandanus leaf, ornamented externally with red paint [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/4/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Waist belt of bands of pandanus leaf, ornamented externally with red paint [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/4/2005]
Geographical reference: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India)
Asia > Southern Asia > Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Union Territory of India); Andaman Islands
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Edward Horace Man; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1878
Date collected: ?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material String, Material Pandanus Plant, Material Pigment, Process Bound, Process Painted
Dimensions: Diameter: max 280 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.96.20 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'][AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]