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Red grass skirt
Object Number 47-72-70/2688
Display Title Red grass skirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fiber skirt, brown shredded fiber with twisted blonde tassels, loop end cord tie
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Sepik, Middle
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 72 x 60 x 18 cm (28 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/2688

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