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Portion of woman's skirt
Portion of woman's skirt
Object Number 99-12-70/53632
Display Title Portion of woman's skirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Grass skirt fragment with woven fiber waistband and cord
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Caroline Islands
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Ponape Island
Materials Grass, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 54 x 27.5 x 6 cm (21 1/4 x 10 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-12-70/53632
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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