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Woman's skirt--made from leaf with painted stripes and band of threads+
Woman's skirt--made from leaf with painted stripes and band of threads+
Object Number 40-12-70/1881
Display Title Woman's skirt--made from leaf with painted stripes and band of threads+
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt, sewn leaves, interwoven fiber band and fringe, colored stripes, rolled
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nasioi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Leaf, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 53 x 20 x 3 cm (20 7/8 x 7 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1881

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