midjeband

Midjeband prytt med snäckskal (Dentalium octogonum). De smala, koniska snäckskalen är trädda på nedhängande snören. Hela bandets längd 125 cm. På originaletikett: "Ornament of 'Dentalium Octogunum' worn by the Andamanese round the waist."

Se: E.H. Man: The Andaman Inslanders. 1932. P. 150: "Small land sea shells (especially the Dentalium octogonum), certain seeds and bones are much prized, not only for making personal ornaments, but also for the adornment of weapons and implements, as well as the human skulls and jawbones which they often wear and carry about whith them."
- P. 181: "gar.en-pe.ta. Ornamental waistbelt of Dentalium octogonum, which is worn occasionally by both sexes." (katalogkort/originalbeskrivning)