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Kai-ya-ree dance skirts (raffia)
Object Number 53-47-30/7524
Display Title Kai-ya-ree dance skirts (raffia)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt and cape of raffia, bottom half of each garment dyed dark brown, cape: raf
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1953
Culture
  • Yukuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / Colombia
Additional Geographic Terms Miriti Parana, Upper; Rio Caquet, affluent of; Comisaria del Amazonas
Materials Fiber , Bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 89 x 44 x 15 cm (35 1/16 x 17 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53-47-30/7524
Credit Line Gift of Dr. Richard E. Schultes, 1953
Provenance
Collector Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (Spring 1953)
Donor Donated by Dr. Richard Evans Schultes (October 1953)

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