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Object Number
47-72-70/2756
Display Title
Grass mat worn hanging from girdle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Woven fiber, rectangular, red and black diamond design, openwork ends, fringed
Classification
- Woven
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Espiritu Santo Island
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Espiritu Santo Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Hog Harbor
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 113 x 29 x 1.7 cm (44 1/2 x 11 7/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-72-70/2756
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47-72-70/2755 | Grass mat worn hanging from girdle |
Mat
|
Espiritu Santo Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55695 | Hibiscus mat girdle |
Woven
|
Taritari Island
| |
| 38-44-10/12750 | Girdle of buckskin and deers' toes; worn in dances hanging from one shoulder diagonally across the body |
Percussion
|
Garden River Reservation
| |
| 94-14-70/51531 | Girdle, colored |
Woven
|
Vanuatu
| |
| 37-98-70/807 | Cotton girdle worn over sarong by chief's wives on feast days |
Woven
|
Soliga
| |
| 47-72-70/2758 | Grass "apron" - worn by chief |
Apron
|
Malo Island
| |
| 94-14-70/51529 | Girdle |
Woven
|
Vanuatu
| |
| 49-14-50/7984 | Plaited grass strip for mat. Litala |
Woven
|
Nyasaland
| |
| 47-72-70/2759 | Woman's headdress woven of grass |
Woven
|
Malakula Island
| |
| 47-73-70/2908 | Woven and colored grass apron - chief's |
Woven
|
Malo Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55622 | Pandanas mat girdle or skirt |
Skirt
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55693 | Hibiscus mat girdle |
Skirt
|
Taritari Island
|