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Object Number 37-98-70/807
Display Title Cotton girdle worn over sarong by chief's wives on feast days
Descriptions
Indigenous Term famobo daloe afasi
Inventory Description Woven textile, plainweave, white cotton, rectangular
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 52 x 39.9 cm (20 1/2 x 15 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/807

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