Dressing consisting of coiled plaited straw diaper
- Made:
- 1891-1925
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Dressing consisting of coiled plaited straw diaper, called "fakafafine" in vernacular, from Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, 1891-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A96754
- Materials:
- straw, bark
- Measurements:
-
coiled: diameter 92 mm
maximum, coiled: width 24 mm
approximately: length 865 mm
- type:
- dressings
- credit:
- Kennedy, D.G.
