Tegag, Shell Belt

2000.01.0008

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Artifact Identification Tegag, Shell Belt   (2000.01.0008)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Clothing
  4. :
  5. Clothing Accessories
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date 05/01/1964
Culture Yap, Yapese, Micronesian
Location On Exhibitin the Southeast Asia and Oceania exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 119.1 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 2.9 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.8 cm
Weight 145 g
Measuring Remarks Measurements taken unlooped.
Materials Animal--Shell, Plant, Pigment--Dye
Manufacturing Processes Carved, Piercing, Dyeing
Munsell Color Information White (N 9.25/ 84.2% R) - White shells. Deep Red (7.5R 3/10) - Red tassel.

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda N/A
Bibliography

Alkire, William H. Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-island Socioeconomic Ties. Illinois Studies in Anthropology, No. 5. University of Illinois Press: Urbana, 1965. Kramer, Augustin. Ergebnisse der Sudsee Expedition 1908-1910. (ed.) G. Thilenius. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co., 1937.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication William H. Alkire Collection, Transfer from Department of Anthropology, UIUC
Reproduction No
Reproduction Information N/A

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