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Object Number 37-98-70/797
Display Title Man's loin cloth of woven bark fiber
Descriptions
Indigenous Term timba mbaroe beweoe
Inventory Description Loincloth, woven bark fiber, selvage edges, unwoven central portion
Classification
  • Loincloth
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 92 x 17 cm (36 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/797

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