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1938.36.1680

Barkcloth band and girdle. Orange/brown in colour, with a painted design at one end in black, red and yellow. This end is shaped to a point with a shell and cane 'toggle'. [AF [OPS move] 20/7/2017]

1938.36.1680

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Collection type
Object
Description
Barkcloth band and girdle. Orange/brown in colour, with a painted design at one end in black, red and yellow. This end is shaped to a point with a shell and cane 'toggle'. [AF [OPS move] 20/7/2017]
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, Material Shell, Process Painted, Process Beaten, Process Plaited
Dimensions
Width: max 280 mm approx, Length: max 2740 mm approx
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.1680 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1622 No 12

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