Decorative Skirt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Jul 1956
name: label: Collector
content: Rev. John M. Cooper
label: Donor Name
content: Catholic University Of America
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Collected by Rev. Joseph Deihl - 1931. Not a real weaving, bundles of 6 heavy white cotton cords held together at 3/8" intervals by twilled grass cords into which have been inserted miscellaneously loose lengths of colored wool and feathers, the latter of which are now all gone by insect action. Though this item came in with the African identification, comparison with other specimens, clearly shows it to be Maori work from N. Zealand. - 4/1960 - Dr. S. Riesenberg. C.U. CAT. Card "This flax garment called maori from New Zealand, one must have the permission of the Government to send these out of the country today.""
label: Notes
content: Appears to be a cape or cloak, korowai type, rather than a skirt.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Apr 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 211312
label: USNM Number
content: E395657-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 78.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 98 cm