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String skirt
Object Number 52-4-70/3550
Display Title String skirt
Descriptions
Object Description String skirt
Inventory Description Apron, braided plant fiber band and ties with hanging twisted fiber cords
Classification
  • Apron
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mount Hagen?
  • Chimbu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Kundiawa
Additional Geographic Terms Chim River; Wahgi River; Chim, on the; Wahgi, above confluence with
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 27.1 x 25.5 x 1 cm (10 11/16 x 10 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52-4-70/3550

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