- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Girdle. Plaited fibre girdle with string tassels, ornamented with coix seeds, red, blue and black trade beads and orchid stem skin. [ASh [OPS move] 11/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1937
- Date collected
- By 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Material String, Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Bead, Material Orchid Stem Plant, Process Plaited, Process Decorated
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 30 mm, Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 675 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.1361 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1293
Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Belt, Waist Ornament
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