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Object Number
00-8-70/55332
Display Title
Liku-vau - bark girdle
Descriptions
Object Description
Liku-vau - bark girdle
Inventory Description
Skirt, finely shredded hair-like vegetable fiber, braided cord, ties at waist
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 74 x 68 x 2 cm (29 1/8 x 26 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55332
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55333 | Liku-vau - bark girdle |
Skirt
|
Fiji
| |
| 67-24-70/659 | Woman's girdle - liku |
Belt
|
Fiji
| |
| 99-13-70/53847 | Girdle (liku) |
Belt
|
Fiji
| |
| 69-20-70/1273 | Liku or apron for women |
Belt
|
Fiji
| |
| 58-34-20/34193 | Acropolis. N. temple. Center room, NE corner after excavation. Lower wall, vau |
Acanceh
| ||
| 99-15-70/53855 | Dance skirt of girdle |
Skirt
|
Samoa
| |
| 78-46-70/15319 | Liku worn by women |
Belt
|
Fiji
| |
| 22-2-50/B3086.1 | Widow's girdle and belt of plantain fibers |
Belt
|
Cameroon
| |
| 99-15-70/53856 | Dance skirt of girdle |
Skirt
|
Samoa
| |
| 22-2-50/B3397 | New-born infant's waist girdle |
Raw Material
Jewelry |
Cameroon
| |
| 05-7-10/65496.1 | Woman's cedar bark skirt. |
Skirt
|
North America
| |
| 12-61-70/10861.1.979 | Bontoc Igorot woman wearing bark girdle and skirt |
Bontoc
|