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Woman's skirt or apron
Object Number 96-20-70/48227
Display Title Woman's skirt or apron
Descriptions
Inventory Description Apron, fringe of curly human hair locks bound with fiber on woven fiber strip
Classification
  • Apron
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Marquesas Islands / Hiva Oa
Additional Geographic Terms Marquesas Islands
Materials Human hair, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 59 x 71 x 5 cm (23 1/4 x 27 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48227
Provenance
Collector George Russell Agassiz (1896)
Donor Donated by George Russell Agassiz (1896)

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