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Object Number
00-8-70/55333
Display Title
Liku-vau - bark girdle
Descriptions
Object Description
Liku-vau - bark girdle
Inventory Description
Skirt, dried plant fiber, golden in color, braided band at top, fringed skirt extensions, open at back, braided band extended and knotted for ties
Classification
- Skirt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Fiji
Materials
Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 54 × 75 × 10 cm (21 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55333
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55332 | 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
| |
| 48-51-70/2933 | Small girl's skirt made of banana leaf and hybiscus bark with pandanus |
Skirt
|
Yap Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55617 | Pandanas mat girdle or skirt |
Skirt
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55619 | Pandanas mat girdle or skirt |
Skirt
|
Kiribati
| |
| 00-8-70/55622 | Pandanas mat girdle or skirt |
Skirt
|
Kiribati
| |
| 58-34-20/34193 | Acropolis. N. temple. Center room, NE corner after excavation. Lower wall, vau |
Acanceh
| ||
| 2013.8.20 | Kiekie, ornamental girdle or string skirt, style for a woman |
Unclassified
|
Tonga
| |
| 27-63-60/D3036 | Body girdle, woman's |
Belt
|
Andaman Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55621 | Pandanas mat girdle or skirt |
Skirt
|
Kiribati
|