- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Closely woven cotton belt, in blue, yellow, red, green and white, with one plaited end. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/4/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1951
- Date collected
- By 1951
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1951
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Woven, Process Plaited
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1100 mm including plaited tassel, Width: max 59 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1951.11.73
- Research and responses
Related Documents File - Letter from Marion Harrison to Beatrice Blackwood with description of the "peona" women's costume and men's belts. [Same information as given in accession book entry]. [GI 5/2/2002]
Search terms: Clothing, Trade, Ornament, Belt, Waist Ornament, Waist Cloth
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