Man's short skirt, wrap-around, decorated with shell beads

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Object Number 54-52-70/3624

Display Title Man's short skirt, wrap-around, decorated with shell beads

Descriptions

Inventory Description Skirt, woven plain cloth, sewn discoidal shell bead strand decoration

Classification

Skirt

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Atayal

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Taiwan

Additional Geographic Terms Northern Mountains

Materials Cloth, Shell, Thread

Dimensions Overall: 81.7 x 45.7 cm (32 3/16 x 18 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 54-52-70/3624

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