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Belt constructed from a band of jaguar fur, with vegetable fibre string attaching two sets of six feather tassels.

belt
13.8.48/12
Anthropology

1 item (description level: whole)
Additional names, titles, or classifications
classified as:  belts (waist ornaments)
object name (Horniman Ethno.):  belt
common name:  jaguar belt

Place
Guyana, South America; Americas
Additional place information
made or collected:  Guyana 
Culture
Wai Wai
Additional culture information
Wai Wai  (Guyana)
maker or user: Wai Wai 

Materials and techniques
fur; feather; vegetable fibre
Additional material & technique information
material: fur (overall)
material: feather (overall)
material: vegetable fibre (overall)
Measurements
overall: 222 x 18 x 17 mm
Additional measurement information
overall: 222 x 18 x 17 mm

Provenance
vendor:  Cameron, J. D. J.  sale 1948-08-13


Related objects
associated object:  loincloth (13.8.48/11)
associated object:  head ring (13.8.48/5)
associated object:  apron (13.8.48/13)
associated object:  ornament (13.8.48/7)
Related subjects
classified as: belts (waist ornaments) (curator)
material: feather
material: fur
material: vegetable fibre
Wai Wai
maker or user: Wai Wai (curator)

Record created 2000-01-22 by MIGRATION
Record last updated 2013-04-11 by SBYRNE

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