Woman's Skirt, "Liku"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: 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. BAND IS A DARK REDDISH BROWN WITH WOVEN DESIGNS IN NATURAL COLOR, BLACK AND DARK BROWN. THE FRINGE IS NATURAL COLOR OVER A DARK REDDISH BROWN. HAS AN ATTACHED TAG WHICH READS, "'U.S. EX EX NW COAST,' ›CROSSED OUT AND CORRECTED! 'MAN'S BELT OF MALOLO,FIJI ISLANDS'". IN THE ORIGINAL S.I. LEDGER THERE WERE THREE GRASS SKIRTS CATALOGUED UNDER THIS NUMBER, BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE ASSOCIATED, 1989.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Malolo Island, 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: E1511-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Length - Ties
content: 73 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 93 cm