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Object Number 00-8-70/55485
Display Title Bark skirt of chief; see photograph
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt?, two bunches of long plant fiber strips with woven fiber strap between
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms Rongslab
Dimensions Overall: 98 x 39 x 12 cm (38 9/16 x 15 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55485
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (01/18/1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (01/18/1900)
Collector U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition (01/18/1900)
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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