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Woman's skirt
Object Number 99-12-70/53630
Display Title Woman's skirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt, plant fiber, plant fiber woven band, shell bead attached
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: 27.5 x 41 x 1.4 cm (10 13/16 x 16 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53630
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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