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Dancing skirt of ribbon wood bark
Dancing skirt of ribbon wood bark
Object Number 48-56-70/3119
Display Title Dancing skirt of ribbon wood bark
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt, woven fiber waist, applique loop design, netted and fringed
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Date 1917
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 87 x 33 x 5.7 cm (34 1/4 x 13 x 2 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-56-70/3119
Provenance
Collector Dr. Harry Clark

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