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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