Loin shell; bailer shell; decorative strip of seed and shell embedded in pitch along top edge; woven fiber belt. length - 13 cm., width - 10 cm. Bailer shell, seeds, shell, rattan. Worn around waist.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Middle Fly River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Suki
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Materials:
Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama