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Woman's grass skirt
Object Number 98-3-50/51441
Display Title Woman's grass skirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt, twisted fiber band at waist with loose hanging fiber strands
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Congo River
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 69 x 28 cm (27 3/16 x 11 in.)
Quantity 1

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