Lava-lava
date: label: Accession Date
content: 24 Oct 2014
label: Collection Date
content: between 1 Jan 1971 and 31 Dec 1973
name: label: Collector
content: Connie Mays
label: Donor Name
content: Connie Mays
notes: label: Notes
content: From donor: "Natural fiber lava-lava: [this] [was] also woven by Ulithian women and given to me as a gift. This style is stiff at first, but softens after wearing. The intricate patterns woven into the ends help identify the person who has woven this beautiful item of traditional attire for a woman." Photographs from donor in NAA show lava-lava in use.
label: Notes
content: Handwoven fibers (grass?) in plain weave. Natural color background, with warp stripes in red and purple down the center and sides. Narrow band of cotton warps at the selvage. Supplementary weft patterning in purple near the ends. Long loose fringe.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 Mar 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Falalop, Ulithi Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Yapese
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2069653
label: USNM Number
content: E433594-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Lava-lava
content: ca. 145 cm
label: Length - Tassles
content: avg 25 cm
label: Width - Lava-lava
content: 49 cm