Hip Band

P72

From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P72
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kantu'
Provenience Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Kapuas River
Section Oceanian
Materials Brass
Description

Hip band. Semurong. Length of linked brass rings, each of which is formed by bending a flat strip of brass into a circle. Length of 71.5 cm. with, at right angle, an additional 11 cm. segment. Unclear whether this is intentional or the result of an accidental jamming of two rings.

Outside Diameter 81 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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