Woman's fiber skirt

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Object Number 99-12-10/52990

Display Title Woman's fiber skirt

Descriptions

Object Description Trapezoid-shaped woman's skirt of fine twined cordage made from broadleaf cattail leaves. Cords of alternating S-twists and Z-twists are looped around the single waistband cord and knotted at the end. See conservation report for additional information.

Inventory Description Fiber skirt, made from strands of braided fiber

Classification

Skirt

Department Ethnographic

Date ca. 1790-1830

Culture

Lower Chinook

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Washington

Additional Geographic Terms Columbia River, near mouth of; Puget Island?, below

Materials Fiber, Sinew

Dimensions Overall: 54 x 74 cm (21 1/4 x 29 1/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899

Provenance

Collector William Clark (Unknown - Unknown)

Collector Meriwether Lewis (Unknown - Unknown)

Previous owner Peale Museum (Unknown - Unknown)

Previous owner Boston Museum

Donor David Kimball

Donor Augusta K. Horton

Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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