Man's Kilt, "Hoka"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1840
name: label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: A PLAITED BELT, OR KILT OF ROUGHLY SCUTCHED FLAX ABOUT 6 CM. WIDE WITH WOVEN BACKING. THE BODY OF THE KILT HAS NINE WEFT ROWS WHICH ARE SINGLE-PAIR TWINE. THE WAIST IS COMPOSED OF THICK THREE PLY BRAID. THE WEFT ROWS ARE ABOUT 3 TO 4 CM. APART. PENDANT TAGS ON THE FRONT ARE ROLLED FLAX. THIS KILT WAS ON PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN THE MAORI CASE IN THE PACIFIC HALL, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1989 [exhibit dismantled in 2004].
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THOUGH ONCE CALLED A FEMALE CINCTURE, THIS IS ACTUALLY A MAN'S HOKA BELT-S. H. RIESENBERG. D. R. SIMMONS: A PLAITED BELT OF ROUGHLY SCUTCHED FLAX ABOUT 6 CM WIDE WITH WOVEN BACKING. WEFT LINES ABOUT 3 TO 4 CM APART. PENDANT TAGS ON THE FRONT ARE ROLLED FLAX. NOV. 1974."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) / Bay of Islands, New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maori
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3765-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Kilt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 55 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 55 cm