Pubic Ornament
P79
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P79 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kantu' |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Shell |
| Description | Pubic ornament or covering. Tanda. Sea shell. For women. Triangle of thick white marine shell, with round holes drilled in corners of wide end through which are knotted thin strings of twisted fiber. |
| Height | 8.7 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
| Other Number | 30 - Other Number |
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