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Object Number 47-72-70/2760
Display Title Small red grass skirt (nambase)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Nambase
Inventory Description Skirt, woven diamond design waistband, red fiber fringe, misshapen
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu
Dimensions Overall: 52 x 29 x 6.5 cm (20 1/2 x 11 7/16 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/2760

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