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: SKIRT IS WOVEN OF STRIPS OF PANDANUS, SWAMP SEDGE, GRASSES AND HIBISCUS BAST. THE SKIRT IS ALMOST ENTIRELY A TAN, NATURAL COLOR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF REDDISH BROWN TIES, AND STRANDS OF DARK BROWN FIBER WOVEN IN DESIGNS AROUND THE TOP OF THE BAND. THE FRINGE IS NATURAL COLOR AND QUITE LONG. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO TORN TAG READS, "BOX NO. 19, ORNITHL. DEPT." (THE ORNITHOLOGY DEPT WAS HEADED BY TITIAN PEALE). THERE IS A RUSTED TACK STUCK THROUGH THE BAND ON END.
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: E4644-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Unknown - Ties
content: 72 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 88 cm