Waist Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1990's
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: BELT MADE FROM SEVERAL PIECES OF CELLULOSE FIBER WOVEN TOGETHER. ALONG LENGTH 2 COLORED (PINK OR BLUE) BUNDLES OF FIBER IN GROUPS OF 4 ALTERNATE. HANGING DOWN FROM BELT COLORED (RED, BLUE AND UNDYED) FIBER CORDS KNOTTED AT REGULAR INTERVALS. BELT TIED BY EXTENSION ON EITHER END. ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) COMMENTS BELT "MADE OF VARIOUS COLORED 'FAU' (INNER BARK OF THE HIBISCUS TREE)." ACCORDING TO KAEPPLER OBJECTS 428794 AND 428795 "WERE COLLECTED TO ILLUSTRATE THE USE OF TRADITIONAL AND MODERN MATERIALS DURING THE 1990S."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Tonga, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tongan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416174
label: USNM Number
content: E428794-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 94 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 9 cm