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Object Number
2004.29.23272
Display Title
Woman with two children wearing necklaces and girdles made of shell money
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "New Hebrides / Malo Island / Melanesia / Native woman and children. The girdle and / necklaces are made of shell money. Pieces / of certain kinds of shells are ground to / discs about 1/4 inches in diameter and 1.12" in / thickness. They are perforated in the center and strung on small cords of pandanus / fiber. / Malo Isl."
Department
Photographic
Culture
- Vanuatu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
/
<State>
/
Malo Island
Oceania / Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu
Dimensions
Overall: 23.495 × 18.415 cm (9 1/4 × 7 1/4 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.29.23275 | Group of chiefs wearing aprons made of pandanus fiber |
Malo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 24-24-50/B4205 | Leather "rahat" girdles terminating in fringed tassels |
Belt
|
Gammai
| |
| 2004.29.23271 | Two chiefs standing, wearing intricately woven aprons |
Malo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 2004.29.8649 | Studio shot of beaded headband and girdles |
Guatemala
| ||
| 29-42-50/B4589 | Iron girdles, kanyega |
Belt
|
Mwaya
| |
| 78-5-30/16782 | Feather girdles? |
Raw Material
Accessory |
Amazonas
| |
| 2004.29.23273 | Man making fire |
Malo Island
Vanuatu | ||
| 91-6-70/50618 | Human hair girdles |
Accessory
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 54-33-60/10200 | 2 red and white rehas (draped girdles or sashes) - worn by village women |
Sash
|
Assam
| |
| 38-43-20/5295.1 | Yellow cocoons of the silk worm- used for weaving girdles |
Raw Material
|
Mexico
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Iron girdles (kanyega)
| 29-42-50/B4589.1 | Iron girdles (kanyega) |
Tools
|
Mwaya
| |
| 29-4-50/H871.3 | Cord girdles (?) |
Ropes
|
Rock hill Arokanggi Mekbengge's chefferie
|