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Kiekie of red and green dyed and natural plant fiber in a pinwheel pattern
Kiekie of red and green dyed and natural plant fiber in a pinwheel pattern
Object Number 2019.10.8
Display Title Kiekie of red and green dyed and natural plant fiber in a pinwheel pattern
Descriptions
Inventory Description Kiekie, plant fiber string girdle, red, natural, green fiber cords, waistband, torn ties
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 1953 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Materials Plant fiber , Dye
Dimensions Overall: 35.5 × 60 × 2.8 cm (14 × 23 5/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2019.10.8
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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