Leaf skirt

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Object Number 21-28-50/B2771

Display Title Leaf skirt

Descriptions

Inventory Description Fringed leaves (?), 1 uncut side bound as waistband, looks like grass skirt

Classification

Skirt

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Basa?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa

Materials Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 68.5 x 31 x 1 cm (26 15/16 x 12 3/16 x 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object B-2771

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