War Belt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Mar 2008
label: Collection Date
content: 1961
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. Jan C. Walker
label: Donor Name
content: Rev. Jan C. Walker
notes: label: Notes
content: Woven belt, with two rows of shells sewn across its length, and 6 larger shells hanging down. Made from handspun thread, woven in plain weave with paired warps and wefts. One end braided, other appears to have broken off (?) According to the donor, this is a "war belt of the chieftain's bodyguard -- or executioner. The man who gave me this belt said he has killed many people in hand to hand combat in the old days, which was why he was given the belt. There are only two of these belts in the world, so I was told".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yap Island, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Micronesian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2044795
label: USNM Number
content: E433021-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: ca. 89 cm
label: Maximum Width
content: 12 cm