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Fringed skirt
Object Number 00-8-70/55758
Display Title Fringed skirt
Descriptions
Inventory Description Skirt, fiber strips, sewn at waist, fiber tie
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Ponape Island
Oceania / Federated States of Micronesia / <State> / Caroline Islands
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 45.5 x 43 x 9 cm (17 15/16 x 16 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55758

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