Three separate belt styles - red hoop belts (seven hoops currently tied together; part a), black multistrand string belt (part b), and a fabric belt with a metal coil around it (part c).There are seven hoop belts of bent bamboo grass(?) or rattan(?) that have been lacquered red which have been tied together with red and green string. The multistrand belt is made of coiled loops of twisted black fibre which has been tied together with red and green string. The fabric belt is a strip of cloth with metal coiled around the midsection. One end of the fabric has several knots along it, possibly incorporating more cloth.

• Narrative

  The donor wrote a book on Palong people who crossed into Thailand: ‘The Palaung in Northern Thailand’. Written by Michael C. Howard and Wattana Wattanapun, published by Silkworm Books in Chiang Mai.

• History Of Use

  The red hoops and black string belts would all be worn together around the waist, over a tube-skirt, e.g., 3587/50.

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• Type of Item belt
• Culture Palé
• Material bamboo grass, lacquer, fibre, metal
• Measurements diameter 32.0 cm (part a) diameter 32.0 cm (part b) height 0.7 cm, width 120.0 cm (part c)

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• Previous Owner Michael C. Howard
• Received from Michael C. Howard

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• Creation Date between 1990 and 1995
• Collection Date during 1999
• Ownership Date before August 24, 2022
• Acquisition Date on August 24, 2022

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3587/0051 a-c