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Object Number
00-8-70/55531
Display Title
Hibiscus fibre dress
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Dresses?, bunches of long plant fiber strips with woven fiber strap between
Classification
- Dress
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
/
Ratak Chain
/
Wotje Atoll
Materials
Plant fiber, Dye?
Dimensions
Overall: 102 x 35 x 16 cm (40 3/16 x 13 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
55531
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55496 | Hibiscus fibre stained for mat embroidery, etc. |
Floral
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 00-8-70/55497 | Bone needle and hibiscus fibre for matworking |
Needle
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 99-12-10/53046 | Side-fold dress |
Dress
|
Canada
| |
| 35-69-70/321 | Hibiscus fibre mat - large |
Mat
|
Samoa
| |
| 99-12-70/53556 | Mat of hibiscus fibre |
Mat
|
Samoa
| |
| 54-58-70/3671 | Women's wrap-arounds, woven from hibiscus bast fiber |
Woven
|
Pulap Atoll
| |
| 99-15-70/53854 | Mat of hibiscus fibre |
Mat
|
Samoa
| |
| 00-8-70/55485 | Bark skirt of chief; see photograph |
Skirt
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-36-20/C2798 | 23 flaked flints in leaf wrapper with hibiscus fibre cord |
Tools
|
Mexico
| |
| 01-7-70/56673 | Dance skirt of hibiscus fibre |
Skirt
|
Samoa
| |
| 00-8-70/55695 | Hibiscus mat girdle |
Woven
|
Taritari Island
| |
| 00-8-70/55693 | Hibiscus mat girdle |
Skirt
|
Taritari Island
|