Woman's Skirt, "Liku"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: James W. Sheafe
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 BADLY FADED ON ONE SIDE (PROBABLY FROM EXHIBITION). THE COLORS ON THE OTHER SIDE ARE MAINLY GOLD WITH SHORT BLACK, TAN AND RUST COLORED STRIPES. THE SHORT FRINGE IS ALSO RUST, TAN AND BLACK WITH THE LONGEST FRINGE GOLD. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG; ALSO PAPER SHIPPING TAG READS, "U.S. EX EX...FEJEE ISLANDS, FEMALE CINCTURE"; ALSO READ UNDER BLACK LIGHT "J.W. SHEAFE". INSIDE OF THE FRINGE WAS FOUND A PORTION OF A PRINTED BOOK, INCLUDING THE COVER AND PORTIONS OF SEVERAL PAGES ENTITLED "A CATALOGUE OF RARE AND VALUABLE BOOKS." NO DATE OR LOCATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE PAPER SCRAPS.
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: E4626-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19 cm
label: Unknown - Ties
content: 20 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 87 cm