Woman's grass skirt

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Object Number 98-3-50/51440

Display Title Woman's grass skirt

Descriptions

Inventory Description Skirt, woven cotton band with loose hanging fiber strands, two-toned

Classification

Raw Material
Skirt

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Congo River

Materials Vegetable fiber, Cotton

Dimensions Overall: 42 x 33 cm (16 9/16 x 13 in.)

Quantity 1

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
98-3-50/51442.1	Woman's grass skirt	Skirt Raw Material	Africa
98-3-50/51442.2	Woman's grass skirt	Skirt Raw Material	Africa
98-3-50/51441	Woman's grass skirt	Raw Material Skirt	Africa
98-3-50/51443	Woman's grass skirt	Skirt	Africa
63-29-70/4123	Woman's black string skirt (dali)	Skirt	New Guinea Indonesia
63-29-70/4124	Woman's string skirt (dali)	Skirt	New Guinea Indonesia
64-18-70/4399	Married woman's skirt - c. 30 meters of woven strands tied together	Skirt	Indonesia Papua New Guinea
37-32-50/2423	Grass skirt - worn in front, tying behind and worn only when dancing	Skirt Raw Material	Cameroon
37-32-50/2424	Grass skirt - worn in front, tying behind and worn only when dancing	Skirt Raw Material	Cameroon
99-12-10/52990	Woman's fiber skirt	Skirt	Washington
11-2-70/83897	Woman's skirt	Skirt	Ponape Island Caroline Islands
99-12-70/53632	Portion of woman's skirt	Skirt	Ponape Island Caroline Islands

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