Woman's Skirt, "Liku"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Lt. Charles Wilkes
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 BAND IS BROWN WITH GOLD WOVEN PANDANUS AND RUST AND GOLD IN A CHECKED PATTERN. THE SHORTER FRINGE IS A RUST COLOR AND THE LONGER ROW IS GOLD AND DARK BROWN. THE TIES ARE REDDISH BROWN. HAS A TAG WHICH READS, "FEJEE ISLANDS, FEMALE CINCTURE, LAKEBA, FIJI, EASTERN GROUP"; ALSO A SMALLER TAG READS, "BOX 24X, LAKUMBA." THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER CANNOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PEALE NUMBER, BUT IT IS MOST CERTAINLY PART OF THE WILKES COLLECTION.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lakemba Islands, Lau Islands, 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: E4658-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 22 cm
label: Unknown - Ties
content: 74 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 93 cm