Decorative Belt
Unidentified Tongan maker
mid-1980s
Plaited pandanus leaf, natural dye
Overall: 13 9/16 × 44 in. (34.5 × 111.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of the Estate of Celia Ehrlich
2005.30.3
Geography/Culture
Oceania, Polynesia, Tonga
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Accessory
Classification
Oceania
Not on view
Exhibition History
Polynesian Tapa: Decorated Barkcloth from Tonga and Samoa, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Robert Welsch, Anthropology 38, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 23-November 28, 2004.
Provenance
Collected by Celia Ehrlich, Tongatapu Island, mid-1980's; Estate of Celia Ehrlich; given to present collection, 2005.
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