Oval block of wood with fish tail ends
- Made:
- 1890-1910
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Oval block of wood with fish tail ends, many beaded string belt hanging from each end, worn by pregnant women of rank in the New Hebrides, 1890-1910
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A7065
- Materials:
- palm, fibre and beads, glass
- type:
- pregnancy belts
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
