belt (clothing: accessories)

(museum no.2003.164)
Detail of design (museum no.2003.164)
(museum no.2003.164) Detail of design (museum no.2003.164)

A man's cotton money belt. Semi-circular in shape, it is made of natural cotton. It has an outer flap containing a compartment, and two compartments in the body of the belt. A long, commercially-made white braid is threaded through the top and secured in place with a strip of weft patterned fabric (continuous supplementary weft) wrapped around it, to stop the braid moving. The lower edges of the belt have an applied embroidered band, worked in counted threadwork. The decoration is an orange lattice on a red ground with specks of white.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2003.164
Date
before 2003
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 270 mm x 1830 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cotton (textile); cotton fibre
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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