Beaded Belt

Unidentified Sentani maker

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about 1930-1940; collected 1945

Nassa shell, bark fiber string, and brown, black, and blue glass beads

Overall: 24 × 2 3/8 in. (61 × 6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from Professor Elmer Harp, Jr.

54.57.13206

Geography

Place Made: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Accessory

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Exhibition History

Changing Traditions in Pacific Art, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 38, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 7-November 10, 2002.

Provenance

Elmer Harp, Jr., Hanover, New Hampshire; by exchange (#90) to present collection, 1954.

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