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Object Number
91-6-70/50618
Display Title
Human hair girdles
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Hair rope, twisted, thicker at center, loose fringed and knotted ends
Classification
- Accessory
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Materials
Human hair
Dimensions
Overall: 29 x 25 x 3.3 cm (11 7/16 x 9 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50618
Provenance
Seller
A. P. Goodwin
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Media Restricted
| 2004.1.129 | Hair rope, twisted, thicker at center, knotted fringe, buff and brown hair |
Shaft, modified
Accessory |
Oceania
| |
| 29-4-50/H871.1 | Cord girdles (?) |
Ornament
|
Rock hill Arokanggi Mekbengge's chefferie
| |
| 29-4-50/H871.3 | Cord girdles (?) |
Ropes
|
Rock hill Arokanggi Mekbengge's chefferie
| |
| 29-4-50/H871.2 | Cord girdles (?) |
Ornament
|
Rock hill Arokanggi Mekbengge's chefferie
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Iron girdles (kanyega)
| 29-42-50/B4589.1 | Iron girdles (kanyega) |
Tools
|
Mwaya
| |
| 29-42-50/B4589 | Iron girdles, kanyega |
Belt
|
Mwaya
| |
| 24-24-50/B4206 | Braided leather girdles terminating in fringed tassels |
Ornament
|
Gammai
| |
| 24-24-50/B4205 | Leather "rahat" girdles terminating in fringed tassels |
Belt
|
Gammai
| |
| 54-33-60/10200 | 2 red and white rehas (draped girdles or sashes) - worn by village women |
Sash
|
Assam
| |
| 78-5-30/16782 | Feather girdles? |
Accessory
Raw Material |
Amazonas
| |
| 38-43-20/5295.1 | Yellow cocoons of the silk worm- used for weaving girdles |
Raw Material
|
Mexico
| |
| 37-38-20/4850 | Envelope containing contents of pouches of girdles |
Floral
|
Mexico
|