Loin covering, belt

Museum number:
11-42701
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Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
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
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Context of use:
Worn around waist.
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 10 centimeters and length 13 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Loin covering, belt, accession number 11-42701, described as 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.

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