Belt
P4137
From: New Guinea | British New Guinea | Papuan Gulf
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P4137 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Elema |
| Provenience | New Guinea | British New Guinea | Papuan Gulf |
| Date Made | Before 1912 |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bark | Shell | Plant Fiber | Pigment |
| Technique | Incised |
| Description | Strip of bark with incised decoration in black and white (lime). At each end of decorated zone a human face and stylized body. Overlapping end of bark fastened with plant fiber cord (now broken) that looped over two conus shell disk buttons. Beside each shell button a pair of holes. Worn by men on ceremonial occasions. |
| Length | 135 cm |
| Width | 10.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 24.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1913 |
| Other Number | 2151 - Other Number |
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