Belt, vegetal fiber, yellow and red geometric design. Ripped in places.
Field Museum in Chicago has similar belts, for example No. 134452 collected by the Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition to the Fiji Islands 1909-1913 at Manus Island (Lambuzo). Manus Island was a trade destination for the Murik.
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: vegetal fiber
Dimensions: L 41" x W 2"
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
Similar item:
Field Museum of Chicago, No. 134452
https://collections-anthropology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/1035993

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