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4-strand red braided belting worn by men around waist to hold up +
4-strand red braided belting worn by men around waist to hold up +
Object Number 39-17-70/1262
Display Title 4-strand red braided belting worn by men around waist to hold up +
Descriptions
Object Description 4-strand red braided belting worn by men around waist to hold up +
Inventory Description Belt, thin braided plant fiber strap, red, wrapped in bundle
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Luelala Moraid
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Sainke Doek
Additional Geographic Terms Luelala Moraid
Materials Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 23.5 x 8 x 1 cm (9 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-17-70/1262

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Belt
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Belt
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Accessory
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Belt
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Raw Material
Adornment
Brazil
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Ornament
Indonesia
New Guinea
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Ornament
New Guinea
Indonesia
Hunting: Man walking through grass, profile, showing arrows held in an extra skin worn around his waist
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Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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2001.29.2795 Arrows: Bo (father of /Gunda) wearing an extra skin for holding arrows at his waist, demonstrating how to hold a bow
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
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Cape
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