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Object Number 99-12-70/53551
Display Title Girdle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, twisted and woven fiber with 2 tiered fringe, 2 long ties, brown and buff
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Fiji?
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Dimensions Overall: 61 x 33 x 11 cm (24 x 13 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53551
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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