Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1991-0004-0012 | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Loimi Akha | |
| Global Region | Southeast Asia | |
| Country | Thailand | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Chaing Rai | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Village: Dag Akha | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1970s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cotton; Cowrie (Cypraeidae) shells; Glass beads; Metal Burmese coins | |
| Description | Wide belt made of band of hand woven red cotton fabric; entire front covered with cowrie shells arranged in columns and rows; short glass bead fringe with pendant coins decorate bottom edge; 3 larger coins at one end attach to string ties at opposite end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 86.0, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 17.0 | |