Belt

Museum number:

11-273a,b

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21110273a@2cb

Alternate number:

11-273 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.25

Description:

Belt of coconut shell beads.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Caroline Islands

Verbatim coll. place:

Carolines

Culture or time period:

Micronesian

Collector:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Materials:

Coconut shell

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Belts (costume accessories)

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

December 15, 1901

Department:

Oceania

Comment:

Ledger lists only one belt for 11-273. At some point in the past, two belts were found to be labeled with 11-273 and given a & b to track - not really components.

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