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Skirt/cape
Object Number 2004.11.1
Display Title Skirt/cape
Descriptions
Object Description Skirt/cape
Inventory Description Skirt/cape, fiber
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Date 1940's or earlier
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Materials Vegetable material, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 73 x 135 x 2 cm (28 3/4 x 53 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2004.11.1
Credit Line Gift in memory of Sven & Margaret Soder
Provenance
Owner Sven Soder (1940's)
Owner Heirs of Sven and Margaret Soder
Owner Margaret Soder (1940's)
Collector Margaret Soder (1940's)
Donor Jeffrey L. Marvin (5/22/04)

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