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Object Number
47-72-70/2766
Display Title
Grass skirt (nambase)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Nambase
Inventory Description
Skirt, woven diamond design waistband, red fiber fringe
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Vanuatu
/
<State>
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Malakula Island
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 74.5 x 38 x 11 cm (29 5/16 x 14 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
47-72-70/2766
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47-72-70/2760 | Small red grass skirt (nambase) |
Skirt
|
Vanuatu
| |
| 47-72-70/2761 | Small red grass skirt (nambase) |
Skirt
|
Malakula Island
| |
|
| 47-72-70/2762 | Small red grass skirt (nambase) |
Skirt
|
Malakula Island
| |
| 47-72-70/2767 | Grass skirt (nambase) |
Skirt
|
Vanuatu
| |
| 47-72-70/2765 | Small red grass skirt (nambase) |
Skirt
|
Malakula Island
| |
| 47-72-70/2764 | Small red grass skirt (nambase) |
Skirt
|
Malakula Island
| |
| 47-73-70/2909 | Large nambases (skirts) |
Skirt
|
Vanuatu
| |
| 976-31-70/5467 | Grass skirt, 75 cm l. x 69 cm w. |
Skirt
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 972-66-70/5217 | Short grass skirt (extends about 11 in. below waist) |
Skirt
|
Samoa
| |
| 47-73-70/2807 | Grass skirt |
Skirt
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 44-20-70/2263 | Grass cloth skirt of purple, yellow and red strips, hanging from + |
Skirt
|
Samoa
| |
| 22-2-50/B3022 | Widow's grass (raffia) skirt |
Skirt
|
Cameroon
|