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Object Number
2006.38.137
Display Title
Girl's "elima" skirt
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Elima
Object Description
Girl's "elima" skirt, blue-green color at waist
Inventory Description
Skirt, fiber strips,dyed green at top, bound and threaded at top end
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1980 or earlier
Culture
- Efe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms
Ituri Forest
Materials
Fiber, Dye, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 59 x 30 x 11 cm (23 1/4 x 11 13/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2006.38.137
Credit Line
In memory of Diane Dixon-Daniel, gift of Renee Bertrand
Provenance
Owner
Lavi Daniel
(1993)
Owner
Diane Dixon
(1993)
Collector
Jean-Pierre Hallet
(Before 1980? - 1993)
Donor
Renee C. Bertrand
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006.38.136 | Girl's "elima" skirt |
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