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Married woman's skirt - c. 30 meters of woven strands tied together
Married woman's skirt - c. 30 meters of woven strands tied together
Object Number 64-18-70/4399
Display Title Married woman's skirt - c. 30 meters of woven strands tied together
Descriptions
Inventory Description Multiple strands of braided and woven fiber, coiled, natural, yellow, and red rattan fibers
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
  • Kapauku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Dye , Plant materials and fiber
Dimensions Overall: 34 × 19 × 6.5 cm (13 3/8 × 7 1/2 × 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-18-70/4399

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