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Object Number
2019.10.22
Display Title
Kiekie of purple dyed and natural plant fiber; flowers at waist
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Kiekie, Tongan ornamental girdle worn around waist, string skirt of natural and purple dyed fiber cords, attached to a waistband, fiber ties
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1953 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
Materials
Plant fiber , Dye
Dimensions
Overall: 30 × 66 × 2.6 cm (11 13/16 × 26 × 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
2019.10.22
Credit Line
Gift of Rebecca Shore, Hannah Powell, Kaethe Shore and John Joseph Shore in honor of Dr. S. Langi Kavaliku (Harvard BA, 1961), Fuiva Kavaliku, and the people of Tonga.
Provenance
Collector
Edward A. Shore
Collector
Joan Oliver Shore
(1927)
Donor
Donated by
Rebecca Shore
(3/11/2019)
Donor
Donated by
Kaethe Shore
(3/11/2019)
Donor
Donated by
John Joseph Shore
(3/11/2019)
Donor
Donated by
Hannah Powell
(3/11/2019)
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