Skirt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Apr 1994
label: Collection Date
content: 1970's
name: label: Collector
content: George C. McGhee
label: Donor Name
content: George C. McGhee
notes: label: Notes
content: EIGHT TIERED LAYERS OF ALTERNATING "GRASS" AND PALM ARRANGED IN A SEMI-CIRCLE WITH FIRST LAYER MEASURING 8 CM IN LENGTH EIGHTH LAYER MEASURING 43 CM; SOME DESIGNS HAVE BEEN CUT OUT ON THE "PALM" PIECES; SOME OF THE GRASSES HAVE BEEN DYED INDIGO, RUST OR GOLD; ALL THE PIECES HAVE BEEN BOUND AND SEWN TOGETHER AT THE TOP; PIECE DESIGNED TO FASTEN IN THE BACK. WARNING: PIECE IS VERY DRY AND BRITTLE, PARTICULARLY THE THIN, FLAT "PALM" PIECES. NOTE: ATTACHED WHITE TAG SAYS "GRASS SKIRT $100., #562".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390923
label: USNM Number
content: E427275-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 92 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 96 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 10 cm