Man’s girdle with 2 strings of white and red seed beads with two rectangles of beadwork decorated with feathers and tassels [SM 19/12/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Man’s girdle with 2 strings of white and red seed beads with two rectangles of beadwork decorated with feathers and tassels [SM 19/12/2008]
Long description: Man’s girdle with 2 strings of white and red seed beads with two rectangles of beadwork decorated with feathers and tassels. The beadwork rectangles are dark blue and pink zig-zag patterned. The beadwork has a fringe [?]tree seeds cut in half & tufts of toucan feathers. There is an attached tassel of white beads with yellow and red feathers at the bottom of it. [SM 19/12/2008]
Geographical reference: Suriname
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Suriname; Alalaparu River
Cultural groups: Trio; Tiriyó; Mawayana
Person: Field collector Peter Gerard Rivière; PRM source Peter Gerard Rivière
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1964
Date collected: 1963 - 1964
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1964
Materials and processes: Material Plant Seed, Material Bead, Material Yarn, Material Bird Feather, Process Beadwork, Process Tied
Dimensions: Length x Width: max 960 x 200 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1964.8.43B Other numbers: 44