- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Charm-belt, to protect wearer from being stabbed with knives.
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1913
- Date collected
- By 1913
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1913
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Covered
- Dimensions
- Length: max 1300 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1913.2.16
Search terms: Religion, Clothing, Ornament, Amulet, Belt, Religious Object, Waist Ornament
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