Pregnancy girdle

Made:
1871-1925 in Papua New Guinea
Pregnancy girdle consisting of coiled double band of split cane

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Pregnancy girdle consisting of coiled double band of split cane
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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