Woven Belt with fiber tassles on both ends, lined with two rows of 16 cowry shells (32 total). Center of belt has woven strip running length of belt and X-shaped fiber designs, dyed an orange-ish color.
Donor:
Dorothy Mark
Collection place:
South Pacific Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
South Pacific Islands
Culture or time period:
Oceanian cultures
Collector:
Robert M. Wales
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
August 23, 2004
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
Belt itself— length 68 centimeters, length 116.5 centimeters, and Belt itself— width 6 centimeters