Material for Women's Girldles

Thin strips of a climbing fern (Lygodium flexousum Sw.) are plaited into a cord (shown on the left) or over a thin strip of rattan (shown on the right). Many coils of such a cord are fastened together to form the women's girdles.| TINGUIAN. Northwestern Luzon, Philippine Islands. Robert F. Cummings Expedition. S.C. Simms and F.C. Cole, Collectors.