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Woman's skirt
Object Number 99-12-70/53628
Display Title Woman's skirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt, plant fiber fringe, gathered at waist and bound with fiber, ties
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 40 x 38 cm (15 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53628
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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