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Object Number
47-73-70/2846
Display Title
Grass skirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Skirt, two tiered shredded brown fiber, twisted cord waistband and ties
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Lower Sepik
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 57 x 41 x 6 cm (22 7/16 x 16 1/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-73-70/2846
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