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Object Number
96-25-70/49394
Display Title
Skirt of variously colored fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Semi-circular band, multi-layered fringes of varying lengths, various natural colors including brown, red, beige, tightly woven on one side to form waistband, waistband sewn with thin twisted fiber cordage
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
/
<State>
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Trobriand
Materials
Plant materials and fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 87 × 60 × 8.3 cm (34 1/4 × 23 5/8 × 3 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
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