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Object Number 63-29-70/4125
Display Title Orchid fiber belt for tieing marriage skirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, woven plant fiber band, red, yellow and white design, narrow at one end
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • West Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Gonda, Swart, Valley
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 57.5 x 2.6 x 0.5 cm (22 5/8 x 1 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63-29-70/4125

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