Woman's Skirt, "Liku"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
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 TOP OF THE BAND IS MOSTLY NATURAL COLOR WITH STRIPES OF MEDIUM BROWN AND BLACK WOVEN IN. A SHORT ROW OF FRINGE IS BLACK WITH A LONGER ON OF NATURAL FIBERS. THE TIES ARE A MEDIUM BROWN. THIS SKIRT HAD BEEN CATALOGUED AS T-12168, AND HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED CATALOGUE NUMBER 4608 SINCE THIS NUMBER IS MISSING INVENTORY DATA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
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: E4608-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Unknown - Ties
content: 48 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 82 cm