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Object Number
2013.8.15
Display Title
Masi bark cloth ceremonial skirt
Descriptions
Object Description
Masi bark cloth ceremonial skirt; soft and pliable; bottom cut with pinking shears
Inventory Description
Barkcloth, black and brown patterns on barkcloth, triangular shaped fringed edges
Classification
- Bark cloth
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1994 or earlier
Artist
Ana Tagicahe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
/
<State>
/
Moce
Materials
Mulberry bark Mangrove bark pigment Soot
Dimensions
Overall: 92 × 270 cm (36 1/4 × 106 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2013.8.15
Credit Line
Gift of Judith Lopez Billings, Ph.D
Provenance
Collector
Judith Lopez Billings
(1994)
Donor
Donated by
Judith Lopez Billings
(2013)
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