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Object Number 99-15-70/53893
Display Title Child's dress made of thin tapa colored by smoking. Machine stitched
Descriptions
Inventory Description Dress, machine stitched tapa, gathered collar and hem, mottled brown, torn
Classification
  • Dress
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 87 x 52 cm (34 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53893
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1898-1899 - 1899)

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