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Object Number
27-5-70/D2934
Display Title
Shell belts
Descriptions
Object Description
Band or belt, 5 rows small scallop shells sewn on fabric, darker variegated shells spell 'aloha'
Inventory Description
Ornaments, fabric bands sewn with overlapping shells, bent pin hooks
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Materials
Fabric, Shell, Paper, Thread, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 58.7 x 6.3 x 0.8 cm (23 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
D/ 2934
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. Edward Tenney
Donor
Mr. Edward Tenney
(1927)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
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| |
| 27-56-70/D2794 | Belts, bandoliers, decorated with shell |
Belt
|
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| |
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Belt
|
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| |
| 995-29-50/12541 | Beaded band with human and rabbit figures |
Belt
Raw Material |
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| |
| 12-33-30/84157 | Bead-feather belts |
Raw Material
Ornament |
British Guiana
Guyana | |
| 35-50-50/1367 | Broad belt with cowrie shells - part of medicine man's costume |
Belt
|
Tanganyika
| |
| 48-51-70/2935 | Fiber belt worn by men going into battle, decorated with shells + |
Belt
|
Yap Islands
| |
| 2005.1.120 | 14 woven belts |
Fabric
|
Cerro Santa Ana
| |
| 00-8-70/55651 | Belts of cocoanut shell beads |
Belt
|
Tarawa
| |
| 00-8-70/55671.1 | Belts of cocoanut shell beads |
Necklace
|
Marakei Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55671 | Belts of cocoanut shell beads |
Necklace
|
Marakei Island
| |
| 973-50-70/5409A | Cross-stitched fiber belts, multi-colored, (probably panadmus leaf.) + |
Belt
|
Kwajalein Atoll
|