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Object Number 48-51-70/3210
Display Title Woven grass skirt or belly belt for men (Lavelap)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Lavelap - Micronesian; Bagiy - Yap
Inventory Description Woven textile, plant fiber, purple and natural stripe, fringed ends
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Yap Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Dimensions Overall: 54.5 x 35 x 0.8 cm (21 7/16 x 13 3/4 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-51-70/3210

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