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1938.36.290

Bark dance-girdle with raised zigzags, painted, with clusters of nut-shell jingles, with plaited ties. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/5/2005]

1938.36.290

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bark dance-girdle with raised zigzags, painted, with clusters of nut-shell jingles, with plaited ties. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/5/2005]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Gulf Province Kikori District Orokolo Bay
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Bark Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plant Nut-shell, Material String, Process Appliqué, Process Painted, Process Perforated, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Length: max 1130 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.290 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 290

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