Woman's Skirt, "Liku"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: THE SKIRT IS WOVEN OF STRIPS OF PANDANUS, SWAMP SEDGE, GRASSES AND HIBISCUS BAST. THIS IS A SMALL AND NARROW SKIRT, AND PROBABLY A CHILD'S. THE WAISTBAND IS REDDISH BROWN WITH NATURAL COLOR FRINGE. SOME FIBERS ARE TWISTED AND BRAIDED IN A DESIGN PATTERN. THE FRINGE IS NATURAL WITH AN UNDERNEATH LAYER IN REDDISH BROWN. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG. THIS SKIRT HAD BEEN CATALOGUED AS T-11460, BUT WAS IDENTIFIED AS THIS CATALOGUED NUMBER BY THE PRESENCE OF THE ORIGINAL PEALE NUMBER. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGER, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3258-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 8 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 38 cm