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Object Number 40-39-70/1527
Display Title Skirt - sections of yellowish-brown reed attached to stitched fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cape or skirt, braided edge, woven fiber base, twisted and sectioned reed fringe
Classification
  • Cape
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
Additional Geographic Terms Polynesia?
Dimensions Overall: 61 x 42 x 5 cm (24 x 16 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 50+
Label on object 40-39-70/1527

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