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Description: | Chest band (Bedamuni: tèèmu). A band of rope-like material from the tèèmu tree (Phaleria macrocarpa). The band is worn by boys during the last stage of their initiation. Tèèmu are made by female relatives of the initiands. This example was made by Sifame.
caption: General view of object no. 1982.104.
caption: Detail view of object no. 1982.104. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | chest bands Bedamuni Phaleria macrocarpa fibre personal adornment | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-143672 | Go to resource |
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