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Object Number
83-4-30/28457
Display Title
Strippings of wild plantain
Descriptions
Object Description
Plantain
Inventory Description
Bundle of fiber, long, flat strips, light brown, tied with braided fiber cord.
Classification
- Floral
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Carib
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Dominica
Additional Geographic Terms
Salibria
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 28.5 x 5.1 x 3 cm (11 1/4 x 2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83-4-30/28458 | Braid of wild plantain |
Ornament
|
Dominica
| |
| 81-5-30/24146 | Roasted plantains |
Floral
|
Suriname
Dutch Guiana | |
| 22-2-50/B3597 | Fighting helmet or turban of plantain fiber |
Raw Material
Helmet |
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3086.1 | Widow's girdle and belt of plantain fibers |
Belt
|
Cameroon
| |
| 2004.36.30 | Hat of overlapping plantain leaves |
Hat
|
Panay Island
| |
| 35-31-50/1282 | Bracelet of dry plantain fibres (njate) |
Bracelet
|
Cameroon
| |
| 22-2-50/B3626 | Pop-gun wads as used by boys, made of chewed and dried plantain fiber |
Toy
Raw Material |
Cameroon
| |
| 2004.36.46 | Hat of plantain leaves, bamboo finial |
Hat
|
Luzon
| |
| 2004.36.26 | Hat of overlapping plantain leaves |
Hat
|
Manila
| |
|
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for Widow's "hat" of plantain fibers
| 22-2-50/B3085 | Widow's "hat" of plantain fibers |
Cameroon
| ||
![Cord made of same fibre [wild plantain]](/internal/media/dispatcher/227268/postagestamp)
| 83-4-30/28460 | Cord made of same fibre [wild plantain] |
Tools
|
Dominica
| |
| 48-56-70/3145 | Stone pestle for pounding bread fruit, plantains, or bruising taro |
Pestle
|
Mangaia?
|