garment;
belt
- Museum number
- Oc1963,04.1
- Description
-
Garment, belt made of banana fibre or vegetable fibre. Loom woven and fringed at either end, with pattern in brown, grey (faded black) and natural.
- Production date
- early 19thC (before 1838?)
- Dimensions
-
Length: 184 centimetres
-
Width: 12.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1963
Vegetable fibre woven strip, fringed at the ends, with pattern in brown, grey (faded black) and natural.
"called WY-WY"
CAROLINE IS.
Brought back in 1838 by a member of the crew of a whaler.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1963
- Acquisition notes
- Register 1963: Given by E.O. Reed, Esq, F.L.A., Borough Librarian and Curator, Chelmsford and Essex Museum, Oaklands Park Chelmsford, Essex.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1963,04.1