Woman's Skirt, "Liku"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Titian R. Peale
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 UPPER PORTION OF THEBAND IS FINELY WOVEN REDDISH-BROWN AND LIGHT BROWN COLOR, A LAYER OF CHECKERBOARD DESIGN IN WOVEN PANDANUS COVERS A DARKER REDDISH BROWN FRINGE. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO AN ATTACHED LABEL READS, "T.R. PEALE". OLD EXHIBIT LABEL "LIKU OR WOMAN'S GIRDLE - MADE OF DECORATED SEAWEED, IN THE FORM OF A FRINGE, WOVEN TOGETHER WITH STRIPS OF THE INNER BARK OF THE MULBERRY AND PALM LEAF. LENGTH OF WAISTBAND, 24 INCHES." EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86. EXHIBITED SITES "MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS," 1987-89. TWO SKIRTS WERE ORIGINALLY FOUND DURING INVENTORY WITH #3253. ONE OF THE TWO HAS BEEN CHANGED TO #9219 PER JANE WALSH. SEE REMARKS UNDER 9219 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
label: Notes
content: FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "LIKU OR WOMAN'S GIRDLE.-MADE OF DECORATED SEAWEED, IN THE FORM OF A FRINGE, WOVEN TOGETHER WITH STRIPS OF THE INNER BARK OF THE MULBERRY AND PALM LEAF. LENGTH OF WAISTBAND, 24 INCHES. FIJI ISLANDS, 1867 [sic]. 3,253. WILKE'S EXPLORING EXPEDITION."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Dec 2023
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: E3253-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 94 cm