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Object Number 00-8-70/55484
Display Title Girdle worn over skirt 00-8-70/55485; see photograph
Descriptions
Inventory Description Belt, leaves? lashed with cord at middle and ends with cord, stiffened
Classification
  • Belt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Ronslab
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 43.4 x 6.5 x 18.1 cm (17 1/16 x 2 9/16 x 7 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55484
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (01/18/1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (01/18/1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (01/18/1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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