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Banana fiber wrap around skirt - blue and white striped with fringe +
Banana fiber wrap around skirt - blue and white striped with fringe +
Object Number 48-51-70/2968
Display Title Banana fiber wrap around skirt - blue and white striped with fringe +
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Lavelap
Object Description Banana fiber wrap around skirt - blue and white striped with fringe +
Inventory Description Woven fiber textile, purple and natural stripes, fringed ends, selvage sides
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Yap Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Plant fiber, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 49.5 x 42.8 x 0.1 cm (19 1/2 x 16 7/8 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-51-70/2968
Credit Line Peabody Museum Expedition, 1947
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Yap Expedition (1947)
Collector David M. Schneider (1947)
Collector W. D. Stevens (1947)
Collector N. Kidder (1947)

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