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Object Number
37-98-70/647
Display Title
Beaded belt - worn by women on feast days
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
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Inventory Description
Belt, rows of yellow glass beads on plant fiber, metal closure bands, corroded
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Dutch East Indies
/
<State>
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Nias Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Dutch East Indies, South; Hilisimaetano, vicinity of
Materials
Glass, Reed, Metal, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 79 x 23.6 x 1 cm (31 1/8 x 9 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
37-98-70/647
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