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1938.36.1674

Barkcloth band and girdle. Painted at one end in black, red and yellow with a stylised face. The tip is bound with red cane. [AB [OPS move] 21/7/2017]

1938.36.1674

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Collection type
Object
Description
Barkcloth band and girdle. Painted at one end in black, red and yellow with a stylised face. The tip is bound with red cane. [AB [OPS move] 21/7/2017]
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 Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Material Cane Plant, Process Painted, Process Beaten, Process Bound
Dimensions
Width: max 255 mm, Length: max 3050 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1674 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1616 No. 6

Search terms: Barkcloth, Ornament, Clothing, Groin-cover, Waist Ornament, Waist Cloth