Short grass skirt (extends about 11 in. below waist)

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Object Number 972-66-70/5217

Display Title Short grass skirt (extends about 11 in. below waist)

Descriptions

Inventory Description Skirt, twisted fiber cord waistband, short fiber fringe, folded, brittle, fragme

Classification

Skirt

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / Samoa

Materials Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 25 x 43 x 4 cm (9 13/16 x 16 15/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 972-66-70/5217

Provenance

Collector Mr. William Webster

Donor Donated by Mrs. Burton Gates

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