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Skirt ornamented with shells
Skirt ornamented with shells
Object Number 99-12-70/53546
Display Title Skirt ornamented with shells
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt, layered bark fringe, woven veg fiber waistband w/wht shells at seam, brow
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands?
Materials Vegetable fiber, Bark, Shell
Dimensions Overall: 135 x 63 x 12 cm (53 1/8 x 24 13/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 53546
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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