Belt

Museum number:
11-273b
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Alternate number:
11-273
Accession number:
Acc.25
Description:
Belt of mostly dull brown, coconut shell beads in 17 rows with woven fiber ties at the ends. Sections are separated by wood strips: single at the ends and 3 pairs of two across the belt body. In between each two of a pair wood strips are 17 rows of three light brown dull beads. Center row of dark brown beads have shiny white beads interspersed. In between wood sections fibers strung with beads are single strung and somewhat loose.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Caroline Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Carolines
Culture or time period:
Micronesian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Coconut shell, Plant fiber, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 15, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
beaded section— height 10 centimeters and beaded section— width 66 centimeters
Comment:
Ledger entry for 11-273 lists only one belt. This belt labeled "11-273" in pen on a wooden strip and a tag with "11-273b". Not truly a component. Due to coconut shell bead use, this one is a likely contender for the original 11-273.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 11-273b, described as Belt of mostly dull brown, coconut shell beads in 17 rows with woven fiber ties at the ends. Sections are separated by wood strips: single at the ends and 3 pairs of two across the belt body. In between each two of a pair wood strips are 17 rows of three light brown dull beads. Center row of dark brown beads have shiny white beads interspersed. In between wood sections fibers strung with beads are single strung and somewhat loose.

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