Barkcloth girdle. The cloth is pale in colour, painted with a yellow dye and featuring striped and dotted designs in red and black. [AF [OPS move] 20/7/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Barkcloth girdle. The cloth is pale in colour, painted with a yellow dye and featuring striped and dotted designs in red and black. [AF [OPS move] 20/7/2017]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Central Province
Cultural groups: Mekeo
Person: Field collector Charles Gabriel Seligman; PRM source Charles Gabriel Seligman; PRM source Brenda Zara Seligman
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1940
Date collected: By 1940
Acquisition information: Donated: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Pigment, Process Painted, Process Beaten
Dimensions: Length: max 1930 mm, Width: max 150 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.12.511