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Object Number
99-12-70/53525
Display Title
Cocoa-nut fibre belt
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Belt, woven plant fiber, brown with dark widthwise stripes
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Kiribati
Additional Geographic Terms
Gilbert Islands; Kingsmill Islands
Materials
Plant fiber, Dye?
Dimensions
Overall: 86.5 x 14.1 x 0.6 cm (34 1/16 x 5 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53525
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-70/53523.1 | Set of cocoa-nut fibre armor |
Armor
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 99-12-70/53523 | Set of cocoa-nut fibre armor |
Breastplate
|
Kiribati
| |
| 99-12-70/53524 | Cocoa-nut fibre body armor |
Breastplate
|
Kiribati
| |
| 39-17-70/1134 | Woman's red braided fibre belt |
Belt
|
Sanke Doek
| |
| 40-39-70/1526 | Set of dance rattles (black palm nuts) on fibre belt |
Percussion
|
Indonesia
| |
| 40-39-70/1525 | Set of dance rattles (black palm nuts) attached to fibre belt |
Percussion
|
Indonesia
| |
| 40-39-70/1524 | Set of dance rattles (brown ? nuts) attached to woven fibre belt |
Unclassified
|
Indonesia
| |
| 00-8-70/55768 | Banana fibre belt |
Belt
|
Kurai Island
Caroline Islands Strong Island | |
| 991-11-70/5708 | Belt |
Belt
|
Kwajalein Atoll
| |
| 40-39-70/1539 | Belt - small black reed (?) beads strung in 4 sections on fibre thongs+ |
Belt
|
Federated States of Micronesia
| |
| 00-8-70/55381 | Fly whisk, cocoa fibre |
Fly whisk
|
Niue
| |
| 00-8-70/55769 | Banana fibre belt or band |
Belt
|
Caroline Islands
Kurai Island Strong Island |