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Small red grass skirt (nambase)
Small red grass skirt (nambase)
Object Number 47-72-70/2765
Display Title Small red grass skirt (nambase)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Nambase
Inventory Description Skirt, woven fiber diamond design band, red fringe, much missing, misshapen
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Vanuatu / <State> / Malakula Island
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 43 x 38 x 8 cm (16 15/16 x 14 15/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 47-72-70/2765

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