Catalog Number |
CAS 2011-0004-0014 | |
Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
Object Name | Belt | |
Culture | Polynesian: Tongan, Samoan, or Fijian | |
Global Region | Oceania | |
Country | Tonga, Samoa or Fiji | |
State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1984 | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Commercial cloth; Chicken feathers; Aniline dye | |
Description | Belt made up of 8 large pompoms of dyed red chicken feathers, each made by aligning feathers in row, twining them together and then twisting the whole bundle so the twining is concealed in the center of the bundle; Three strips of commercial pale blue cloth are braided together to form a belt, and the feather bundles are spaced along the length of the belt; The fabric strips are tied in a knot at each end. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 23.0, Thickness = ca. 9.8, Length = ca. 82.0 |