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Skirt
Object Number 65-26-70/4608
Display Title Skirt
Descriptions
Object Description Grass skirt
Inventory Description Skirt, rectangular, bound at top with fiber cordage waistband, dried grass fibers extend from waistband, open at one side, twisted fiber cordage loop and ties at ends of waistband
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii / Honolulu County
Materials Grass , Fiber , Leaf
Dimensions Overall (folded; as worn): 46 × 64 × 9 cm (18 1/8 × 25 3/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-26-70/4608
Provenance
Collector Dr. Lloyd Vernon Briggs (1880-1881)
Donor Dr. Lloyd Cabot Briggs (July 19, 1965)

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