Lot Essay
A label with the belt read: Thick Belt of many strips of pandarus leaf, covered by worked pandanus pattern in black & white. Worn only by the chiefs. Marshall Island
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Details
A fine and rare Marshall Islands fibre belt
Composed of numerous strips of pandanus leaf tightly bound together by woven black-dyed and natural pandanus leaf, twisted fibre ties
92cm. long
Composed of numerous strips of pandanus leaf tightly bound together by woven black-dyed and natural pandanus leaf, twisted fibre ties
92cm. long
Provenance
Lt.Gen. A.H.L.-F. Pitt-Rivers, Farnham, Dorset