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Kiekie, ornamental girdle or string skirt, style for a man
Kiekie, ornamental girdle or string skirt, style for a man
Object Number 2013.8.19
Display Title Kiekie, ornamental girdle or string skirt, style for a man
Descriptions
Inventory Description KIekie, girdle or skirt, woven fiber, loose weave, scalloped edge one side
Classification
  • Unclassified
Department Ethnographic
Date 1994 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Materials Hibiscus fiber
Dimensions Overall: 27 × 132 × 0.2 cm (10 5/8 × 51 15/16 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2013.8.19
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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