Pregnancy girdle
- Made:
- 1871-1925 in Papua New Guinea
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Pregnancy girdle consisting of coiled double band of split cane bound with fibre and decorated with yellow and brown woven raffia, from New Guinea, 1871-1925
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A220883
- Materials:
- cane, split, raffia and fibre
- type:
- pregnancy girdles
- credit:
- Glendining
