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 BLACK AND BLUE PIECES OF PLASTIC THAT ARE MACHINE STITCHED ONTO MULTI-COLORED CLOTH BACKING. AT REGULAR INTERVALS STRIPS OF PLASTIC W/ CLOTH BACKING. AT REGULAR INTERVALS STRIPS OF PLASTIC W/ CLOTH BACKING HANG OFF BELT LOOP. BLUE PLASTIC ON BELT LOOP PLAITED W/ BLACK PLASTIC IN FLOWER SHAPE ALONG BELT'S LENGTH. MACHINE STITCHING RUNS DOWN CENTER OF BELT. HANGING STRIPS ARE BLACK ALTERNATING W/ BLUE PLASTIC, EACH PIECE OF PLASTIC STITCHED ONTO BACKING AT BASE AND PARTIALLY OVERLAPS NEXT PIECE. END OF PLASTIC CUT INTO TRIANGLES. ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) COMMENTS BELT "MADE OF A PLASTIC BAG." 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: 7 Jun 2018
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: E428795-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Belt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 81 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2 cm