Belt from red cotton, decorated with beadwork
Red cotton belt, decorated with beadwork in the shape of dancing aprons
Cotton was unknown on New Guinea for a long time. Imported red cotton was experienced along the coasts and on the islands of the Geelvink Bay as a material of great strength (D. van Duuren).‖ The cotton cloth is machine woven, the rest is handwork.
Type of item
- Object Type: belt
- belt
- Belt
Date
- voor 1986
Medium
- Material: vegetable origin fibres
- Material: cotton
- plant material
- cotton (fiber)
- Cotton
- Plant fiber
Type of item
- Object Type: belt
- belt
- Belt
Date
- voor 1986
Medium
- Material: vegetable origin fibres
- Material: cotton
- plant material
- cotton (fiber)
- Cotton
- Plant fiber
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1986
Provenance
- 1986-01-10
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/153728
Format
- Technique: weaving techniques
- textile techniques
- Weave
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- wax
- red
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z