Jingle (dance girdle) of cotton cloth with strings of seeds and pieces of shell.

Collection type: Object
Description: Jingle (dance girdle) of cotton cloth with strings of seeds and pieces of shell.
Long description: Jingle (dance girdle) of cotton cloth, with strings of strung seeds and curved, triangular pieces of shell at the ends, worn over the buttocks. There are 55 hanging shells. The fabric band was originally striped. The warp threads have been plaited into four plaits which are used to ties the band around the waist. [HLR]
Geographical reference: Ecuador
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Ecuador
Cultural groups: Achuar; Shiwiar; Shuar
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Clarence Buckley; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1871
Date collected: 1871
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material String, Material Plant Seed, Material Shell, Process Plaited, Process Threaded, Process Tied, Process Strung, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 400 mm approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.110.10