Clothing Series

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This is another series of objects listed by Pitt-Rivers in the so-called Black book from pages 54-57. Although this series is headed 'Clothing' it appears to include bags and baskets, specimens etc.

Black book number	PRM Accession Number	Black book etry
Black 1386	1884.87.44	1386 Full dress Indians British Guiana Added Black book entry - Bark queyus sometimes worn by Indian women in British Guiana in place of beads. This is so amongst the Warrows. They consist of rough pieces of bark cut in a triangular shape with a lozenge shaped piece at the apex of the triangle [Drawing]
Black 1387	1884.87.60	1387 Full dress female Andaman Is
Black 1388	Not matched	1388 Full dress Negro Guinea coast
Black 1389	1884.87.18	1389 Full dress Negro Central Africa p117 Added Black book entry - ?Nubian woman Sudan
Black 1390	1884.87.25	1390. Full dress, woman's, White Nile Central Africa. Obtained by Consul Petherick. [insert] 1884.87.25 [end insert].
Black 1391	1884.87.8	1391 Womans tail piece Fan tribe Gaboon W Africa p 117
Black 1392	1884.87.2	1392 Full dress with band Gaboon W Africa
Black 1393	Not matched	1393 Full dress C[entral] Africa
Black 1394	1884.140.127	Case 10 1394 Gorget composed of pieces of shell fastened on matting Tahiti Society Is p117 Added Black book entry - 10.10.77 Cleaned by lab. No retrospective numbers can be given [LW]
Black 1395	1884.106.54	1395 Headdress leather C Africa
Black 1396	1884.31.26	1396 Full dress apron composed of iron and brass beads Bechuana S Africa
Black 1397	1884.4.7	1397 and 8 Cradles leather ornamented with beads in which the Kaffirs [sic] carry their children (p 117) [nb in this and other entries from the Black book there is mention at the end of the entry to 'page ....'. It is not known at this stage what page is being referred to.]
Black 1398	1884.4.8	1397 and 8 Cradles leather ornamented with beads in which the Kaffirs [sic] carry their children (p 117)
Black 1399	1884.87.27	Case 39 1399 Full dress female New Guinea a shell p117
Black 1400	1884.31.39	Case 39 1400 Full dress male New Guinea p117
Black 1401	Not matched	1401 Sleeping mat made of the young leaves of the Raphia viviferoo (sic) Gaboon W Africa Added Black book entry - ?vivifora
Black 1402	Not matched	1402 Grass cloth grass and cotton Lagos
Black 1403	1884.90.4	1403 Blue striped country cloth Lagos
Black 1404	Not matched	Case 63 1404 Cotton band (descriptive ticket locality not stated)
Black 1405	1884.96.7	1405 Yellow ornamented scarf locality not stated Added Black book entry - Sta Cruz Ids
Black 1406	1884.90.5	1406 Scarf yellow grass
Black 1407	Not matched	1407 Girdle of grass
Black 1408	1884.90.11-13	Case 57 1408 Specimens (3) of the intestines of the seal, walrus and whale used for clothing Aleutian islands Obtained by Sir E Belcher
Black 1408a	1884.90.10	1408a Esquimaux dress intestines of whale
Black 1409	1884.87.98	1409 Morus papyrifera Tahiti 1842 from which the Tapa or cloth is made. Obtd by Sir E Belcher
Black 1410	1884.87.99	1410 Morus papyrifera Pitcairn Is Decr 1825. Obtained by Sir E Belcher
Black 1411a	1884.45.3	1411a Wooden beater for preparing barkcloth marked New Zealand ?Tahiti
Black 1411B	1884.45.1	1411b Wooden beater for preparing bark cloth New Caledonia
Black 1411c	1884.46.6	1411c Wooden battelle or beater found in Lock Revel Cranogg used for beating flax like those still used in Ireland for that purpose
Black 1412	1884.140.23	Case 81 1412 Hat grass Cent America
Black 1413	1884.87.82	1413 Shirt bark cloth Iquiqui W Coast S America Added Black book entry - Iquiqui or Iquique a port of Peru
Black 1414	1884.90.15	1414 Cotton shirt ornamented with circles Botocudo Indians S America obtained by Cap Burton
Black 1415	1884.87.72	1415 Mat formerly belonging to the New Zealand chief Wirema Kingi of the Waitangivery highly finished and ornamented Added Black book entry - Wiremu Kingi was a chief of NaatirauKawa
Black 1416	1884.83.14	Case 25 1416 Headdress feathers British Guiana
Black 1417	Not matched	Case 67 1417-1418 Headdresses painted bark British Guiana
Black 1418	Not matched	Case 67 1417-1418 Headdresses painted bark British Guiana
Black 1419
Black 1420
Black 1421	1884.48.16	Case 60 1421 Specimen of deer fibre Norway
Black 1422	1884.11.23, 65	1422 Hook pearl oyster line formed of the Hibiscus filiaceus twisted with thumb and finger with specimen of the wood Tahiti p117 Added Black book entry - ?Hibiscus tiliaceus
Black 1423	Not matched	1423 Cap cotton locality not known p117
Black 1424	1884.88.1	1424 Leather dress ornamented with buffalo and other hunting scenes N American Indian (p117) Added Black book entry - ?E.S.T. [seems to refer to the page reference]
Black 1425	1884.88.3 .1-2	1425 Leggings (3) for above [1884.88.1] (p 117 - 2)
Black 1426 and 1427	1884.46.23 .11884.46.23 .2	1426 [Rope making and weaving implements] Hand loom Vancouver's Is (p 117) and 1427 Shuttle Vancouver's Is (p117) Added Black book entry - Mat creaser
Black 1427a	1884.46.20	1427a Wooden pin carved use of in weaving New Zealand
Black 1428	1884.46.25	1428 Shuttle ancient found in bogs in Ireland p 117
Black 1429	1884.48.15	[Basket Work and nets from various countries ] Case 81 1429 Net bag native construction used by the women of Tasmania when they dive for shell fish p117
Black 1430	1884.48.6	Case 81 1430 Dilly bag Kurrajong fibre New South Wales (p117) Added Black book entry - Kurrajong tree (Streulia diversifolia) Bark yields an excellent fibre used by Aborigines for making twine bags fishing nets etc
Black 1431	1884.44.8	Case 81 1431 Dilly bag made of rushes Clarence River district NS Wales
Black 1432	1884.48.13	Case 81 1432 Dilly bag made of nettle tree fibre bark of the Urtica figas Clarence River district N S Wales (p117)
Black 1433	1884.48.23	Case 81 1433 Dilly bag Kurrajong fibre bark of Hibiscus heterophyllus New South Wales p 117 ?meaning
Black 1434	1884.48.10	Case 81 1434 Fishing net Australia p117
Black 1435	1884.48.20	Case 81 1435 Bag made by the Indians Paraguay p117
Black 1436	Not matched	Case 85 1436 Bag S America p117
Black 1437	1884.10.3	Case 85 1437-1438 Strainers grass British Guiana p117
Black 1438	Not matched	Case 85 1437-1438 Strainers grass British Guiana p117
Black 1439	1884.43.13	Case 85 1439 Bag grass Unknown locality p 117 Added Black book entry - ?Lagos
Black 1440	1884.44.24	?Case 81 1440 Basket Tasmania p117
Black 1441	1884.44.10	Case 81 1441 Basket made by Tasmanians (now ?extinct) p 117
Black 1442	1884.44.1	Case 81 1442 Basket Fiji Is p 117 ?Added Black book entry - Some Fijian baskets square in shape like those of British Guiana but not fitting one in the other
Black 1443	1884.96.2	1443 and 4 Pouches made of the skins of animals N Africa
Black 1444	1884.63.79	1443 - 1444 Pouches made of the skins of animals N Africa
Black 1445	1884.140.266	1445 Pouch Esquimaux
Black 1446	Not matched	Case 36 1446 Bag grass New Guinea p117
Black book page 54a [2][Ag 122]	1884.91.8	Ag 122 13.2.74 Three Malay hats on cane plaited frames
Black book page 54a [Ag 272][4] ?	1884.90.1 or 2	Ag 272 7.3.74 Western Africa Priests tobe
Black book page 54a [Ag 7456]	[1884.87.19]	Ag 7456 Red grass petticoat Nubia Added Black book entry - ?leather
Black book page 54a [Ag 7456]	[1884.87.30]	Ag 7456 Red fringed petticoat, Shir, W. Africa. [insert] 1884.87.30 [end insert].'
Black book page 54a [Ag 7456a]	[1884.87.75]	Ag 7456a Grass mantle Marquesas (p 37)
Black book page 54a [Ag 7456c]	[1884.87.17]	Ag 7456c Titi (sic) petticoat Keppel Is (p 37)
Black book page 54a [Ag 7456d)	1884.90.8	Ag 7456d Japanese snow cloak (p 37)
Black book page 54a [Ag 7456d]	[1884.87.16]	Ag 7456d Woman's apron Fiji (p 37)
Black book page 54a [Ag 7456d]	1884.140.613	Ag 7456d Nortjee Kaffir (3393)
Black book page 54a [Ag 7985]	1884.96.27	Ag 7985 Two waist dresses white thread Solomon Is
Black book page 551 [Ag 5594] [7]	1884.91.4	Ag 5594 5.9.76 Two Chinese caps black velvet and blue silk '
Black book page 55a [5]	1884.56.82	6.7.77 Apron of leather embroidered with coloured cotton NW Coast of America Page 57
Black book page 55a [Ag 272] [1] ?	1884.87.78-91, 94	Ag 272 7.3.74 10 pieces of Tapa cloth Fiji Two are mosquito curtains from Matuka I Fiji
Black book page 55a [Ag 272] [4]	1884.87.96	Ag 272 7.3.74 Specimen of Pitcairn's tapa
Black book page 55a [Ag 5594] [7] ?	1884.91.3	Ag 5594 5.9.76 Two Chinese caps black velvet and blue silk
Black book page 55a [Ag 5594] [8]?	[1884.91.2]	Ag 5594 5.9.76 Hat Chinese
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	1884.69.15	Ag 7456d Brown bag ornamented with human figures dancing in beads p37
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	[1884.87.22]	Ag 7456d Leather dress probably African [Drawing] p37 [sic - probably mistranscription of p39]
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	[1884.87.24]	Ag 7456d Leather full dress probably Kaffir [sic] [Drawing] p37 [sic - ?mistranscription of p39 see below]
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	1884.87.26	Ag 7456d Leather and grass petticoat no locality p37
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	1884.87.28	Ag 7456d Leather covering fringed with beads Hottentot or Bushman [sic] [Drawing] p37
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	1884.87.77	Ag 7456d Full dress of Indian woman Guiana made from the spathe of a palm 3605
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	1884.96.6	Ag 7456d Warrior's belt New Zealand 3734
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	1884.106.53	Ag 7456d Black headdress probably W African p37 Added Black book entry - cf Ussoga Vict Nyanza
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	1884.115.4	Ag 7456(D). DJIBBA scalp lock head ornament, W. Africa. 3642. [insert] 1884.115.4 [end insert].
Black book page 55a [Ag 7985]	1884.45.2	Ag 7985 Club for beating Tapa cloth Fiji Is (3441)
Black book page 56a [6] ?	1884.83.12	Ag 15.12.75 Feather cap African ?Added Black book entry - Probably Sierra Leone [this may refer to the entry below]
Black book page 56a [7] ?	1884.48.43 .1 1884.48.43 .2	Ag 15.12.75 [sic] Two grass cloths, net, rafia fibre, and piece of fibre African (2531 2539 - 41) ?Added Black book entry - Probably Sierra Leone [this may refer to the entry above]
Black book page 56a [Ag 272]	[1884.43.7 + 15	Ag 272 7.3.74 Two baskets called Ingat one within the other Made from pandanus leaf Aneiteum N Hebrides
Black book page 56a [Ag 272]	1884.43.8-11	Ag 272 7.3.74 Four baskets Fiji (J.E 2912)
Black book page 56a [Ag 7456]	1884.48.2	Ag 7456 Cocoa nut [sic] belt worn by Samoan warriors (3611)
Black book page 56a [Ag 7456]	1884.48.9	Ag 7456 Net New Caledonia (3612)
Black book page 56a [Ag 7456d]	1884.140.631	Ag 7456d Kaffir [sic]beer strainer (3614)
Black book page 57a [Ag 1848]	1884.108.13 .1 - 2	Ag 1848 Feby '75 Bag worn on the breast with shell and bell orn
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.7.69	Ag 7456d Water basket Timor (3597)
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.43.1	Ag 7456d Basket Borneo (3598)
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.43.2 .11884.43.2 .2	Ag 7456d Tambok basket Borneo (3592)
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.43.4 .11884.43.4 .2	Ag 7456d Basket S America (3604)
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.43.14	Ag 7456d Grass bag W Africa (3606)
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.44.7	Ag 7456 Basket New Guinea (3599) Added Black book entry - ?Queensland
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.44.9	Ag 7456 Grass basket Moreton Bay Australian (3613)
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.44.11 .11884.44.11 .2	Ag 7456d Basket with top no locality (3593) ?Zulu
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.44.12	Kaffir woman's basket (3602)
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.44.14	Ag 7456d Basket Vancouver Is 3600
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.44.15-17	Ag 7456d Baskets (3) Dahomey W Africa (3601)
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.140.1042	Ag 7456d Kaffir [sic] small ?milk basket (3596)
Black book page 57a [Ag 7456d]	1884.7.23	Ag 7456d Birch bark basket N American 3595
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	Not matched	Ag 7456 (d) Small bag of grass not named p 37 [Drawing]
Black book page 55a [Ag 7456d]	Not matched	Ag 7456 (d) Grass cap No locality
Black book page 55a [Ag 5594]	Not matched	Ag 5594 5.9.76 Grass cloth
Black book page 55a [Ag 5594]	Not matched	Ag 5594 5.9.76 Cap of basket work from Okhowk [sic]
Black book page 56a	Not matched	Ag 2.3.74 Two feather head dresses
Black book page 56a	Not matched	Ag 2.3.74 Dress of twisted wool and hair
Black book page 56a	Not matched	Ag 2.3.74 Dress of hair and string

AP, March 2011.

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