Woman's Dance Costume Skirt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1960's
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Patrick McCoy
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Patrick McCoy
notes: label: Notes
content: SKIRT'S TOP COMPOSED OF PLANT FIBER ON CLOTH BACKING, LENGTH OF SKIRT THIN STRANDS OF OF LOOSE PLANT FIBER. TOP OF SKIRT CONSISTS OF 5 LOOPS OF PARTIALLY OVERLAPPING PIECES OF PLANT FIBER WHILE TOP EDGE OF SKIRT IS PLAITED. DECORATING FRONT AND BACK OF TOP ARE CLUSTERS OF SPECKLED, WHITE AND BLACK UNIVALVE SHELLS AND COWRIE SHELLS. HANGING DOWN IN FRONT AND BACK OF SKIRT LOOPS OF STRUNG BROWN UNIVALVE SHELLS. ALL SHELLS PERFORATED AND STRUNG ON CELLULOSE FIBER CORD. BACK OF SKIRT ATTACHED BY 2 LOOPS OF CLOTH AND 2 GREEN BUTTONS. CLOTH BACKING OF SKIRT'S TOP SINGLE PIECE W/ MACHINE STITCHING. SEE CATALOG #S 428784 - 428786 FOR OTHER PIECES OF COSTUME.
label: Notes
content: SEE PHOTO IN ACCESSION FILE
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Rapanui (Easter Islander)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2010266
label: USNM Number
content: E428787-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 98 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 48 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4.5 cm