Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: VERY FINELY WOVEN BELT OF BANANA FIBER, A LARGE OF PORTION OF WHICH IS MAROON IN COLOR, WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS WOVEN AT EITHER END & ALONG ONE THIRD OF THE BELT IN NATURAL YELLOWISH-TAN AND DARK BROWN OR BLACK. THE BELT HAS MAROON FRINGE, AND AT ONE END THE FRINGE IS BRAIDED. THE UPPER AND LOWER BORDERS ARE BLACKENED. OLD EXHIBIT LABEL READS, "BELTS (3) FINE WOVEN FABRIC OF GRASSES OR VEGETABLE FIBERS, RED,BLACK AND NATURAL COLORS; VARIOUS PATTERNS; ENDS FRINGED. LENGTH 5' 9", WIDTHS 4" & 5", CAROLINE ISLANDS (MICRONESIA) 1841". THIS BELT IS PERHAPS THE MOST FRAGILE OF THE GROUP. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pohnpei Island, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micronesian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5706-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 152 cm
label: Minimum Width - Object
content: 9.4 cm
label: Maximum Width - Object
content: 10.2 cm