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Object Number
44-35-70/2267
Display Title
Garment worn by women as cape or waist cloth; made from native hemp
Descriptions
Object Description
Garment worn by women as cape or waist cloth; made from native hemp; dyed by technique called "resist dye"
Inventory Description
Cape, woven fiber with segmented reed fringe, braided top with ties
Classification
- Cape
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
New Zealand
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Reed
Dimensions
Overall: 108 x 57 x 2.7 cm (42 1/2 x 22 7/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
44-35-70/2267
Provenance
Collector
E. F. Farrington
Donor
Hemenway Heirs
(1944)
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