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, THE MAIN PORTION OF WHICH IS MAROON IN COLOR, WITH GEOMETRIC DESIGNS WOVEN AT EITHER END IN NATURAL YELLOWISH-TAN AND BROWN. THE BELT HAS MAROON FRINGE AT EACH END. PUBLICATION: 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". EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "MADE OF BARK. THE STRANDS ARE VERY FINE AND SILKY AND THE WARP CLOSE AND NEAT. THE PREDOMINATING COLOR IS DARK RED, WHICH IS VARIED WITH WHITE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ORNAMENTATION. FRINGED AT BOTH ENDS."
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: E5705-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 59 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12.5 cm