Fibre cords knotted and woven into belt with fringed ends. Red shell disc beads (Spondylus) with 2 columns of white shell disc beads arranged in three rows. 105 cms x 3 cms
Donor:
Bronislaw Malinowski and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Massim region, Papua Region, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Massim
Collector:
Bronislaw Malinowski and Bruce D. Lawes
Collection date:
1914-1920
Materials:
Seashell
Taxon:
Spondylus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1971-1972 #143: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (May 15, 1972–May 15, 1972), S1975-1976 #74: Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (April 14, 1976–April 14, 1976), S1985-1986 #47: Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Univ.) (April 1, 1986–July 31, 1986), S1985-1986 #48: Jagiellonian University, Poland (October 1, 1986–March 31, 1987), S1985-1986 #49: Warsaw Museum of Asia and the Pacific (1987–1987), and S1985-1986 #9: Arizona State Museum (September 20, 1985–February 7, 1986)