Caption
Belt, Glass, trade beads, coir, 30 3/4 x 3 5/16 in. (78.1 x 8.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Marcia and John Friede and Mrs. Melville W. Hall, 87.218.113.
Gallery
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Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Title
Belt
Geography
Place made: Hermit Islands, Manus Province, Papua New Guinea
Medium
Glass, trade beads, coir
Classification
Dimensions
30 3/4 x 3 5/16 in. (78.1 x 8.4 cm)
Markings
At one end or fiber rope a tag reads: "A V (ob.) 21[?]707. HP 3. Perlengürtel, von den Anachoreten-Inseln, Bismarck Archipel, Deutsche Sudsee. Faden kokosfaser oder von der Saksakpalme. Perlen europisch, früher Früchte. Herstellung erfordert viel Geduld, wird nur bei Feierlichkeiten getragen."
Credit Line
Gift of Marcia and John Friede and Mrs. Melville W. Hall
Accession Number
87.218.113
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