Dance ornament, made from folded strips of fabric and silver paper attached to a plaited plant fibre base. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/9/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Dance ornament, made from folded strips of fabric and silver paper attached to a plaited plant fibre base. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 5/9/2005]
Long description: Dance ornament, made from folded strips of fabric and silver paper attached to a plaited plant fibre base. The ornament is tied using plant fibre ties. Dr. Hughes describes this as one of four modern Gilbertese dance bands and garlands. [CW 20 4 98]
Geographical reference: Kiribati
Oceania > Micronesia > Kiribati; Gilbert Islands
Person: Field collector Henry Goronwy Alun Hughes; PRM source Henry Goronwy Alun Hughes
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1951
Date collected: 1950-51
Acquisition information: Donated: 20/02/1998
Materials and processes: Material Textile, Material Plant Fibre, Material Paper Plant, Process Tied, Process Plaited, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 300 mm doubled
Object numbers: Accession number: 1998.10.14