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Object Number
32-68-70/D4004
Display Title
Human Hair belt
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Belt, large loop of coiled strands of twisted hair
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Australia
/
Western Australia
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Oceania / Australia / Western Australia / Kimberley
Additional Geographic Terms
Port George IV
Materials
Hair
Dimensions
Overall: 34.6 x 20 x 2.3 cm (13 5/8 x 7 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Penn Museum
(1907)
Seller
University of Pennsylvania
(4/11/1932-5/9/1932)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Media Restricted
| 32-68-70/D4001 | Hair belt |
Shaft, modified
Belt |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
Media Restricted
| 30-54-70/D3465.1 | Belt, human hair string |
Belt
Shaft, modified |
Arnhem Land
Northern Territory | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1744 | Human hair belt with vertebra attached, pinjanbenger |
Belt
Shaft, modified |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
| 00-8-70/55648 | Belts of human hair |
Belt
|
Kiribati
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 30-54-70/D3465.2 | Belt, human hair string |
Belt
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
|
Media Restricted
| 30-54-70/D3465.3 | Belt, human hair string |
Belt
|
Northern Territory
Arnhem Land | |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2411 | Hair belt and 2 pearl shell pendants |
Shaft, modified
Belt |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.2 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.3 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 23-46-70/D1742.1 | Human hair belt with shell pendant (birra birra) worn in front |
Shaft, modified
Pendant |
Kimberley
Western Australia | |
|
Media Restricted
| 09-5-30/75369 | Belt, human hair |
Ornament
Shaft, modified |
Ecuador
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 37-28-30/1452 | Hair belt woven from human hair (male) |
Unclassified
Shaft, modified |
Ecuador
|