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Object Number 00-8-70/55716
Display Title Fringed garment of banana fibre
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cloth, woven fiber, natural tan, plain weave, knotted and twined edge at top and bottom, fringed ends
Classification
  • Sash
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Truk Island
Additional Geographic Terms Caroline Islands
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 233.6805 × 62.2301 cm (92 × 24 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Collector Alexander Agassiz
Donor Alexander Agassiz

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