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Object Number 99-15-70/53855
Display Title Dance skirt of girdle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Vegetable fiber skirt, woven waistband with thick fringe, thinner fiber skirting
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 76 x 40 x 7 cm (29 15/16 x 15 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53855
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth

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