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Object Number
98-3-50/51487
Display Title
Skirt worn by man in the secret society called Nkembi
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Skirt, multiple painted reed strips, tied with fiber, long hanging dried grass
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Republic of Congo
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Pallaballa
Additional Geographic Terms
Congo River, lower
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 87 x 44 x 41 cm (34 1/4 x 17 5/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51487
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