"Tur", laplap or wraparound of loom woven fiber (banana or hibiscus)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Collector
content: Shigeru Kaneshiro
label: Donor Name
content: Shigeru Kaneshiro
notes: label: Notes
content: Loom woven plain weave textile with unfinished fringe. Primarily made of banana or hibiscus fibers. Undyed background with 3.75 cm wide purple and red warp stripes running down the selvage. Purple warp stripe running down the center with red cotton thread stripes along the center. Supplementary weft patterning with purple fibers in a geometric (triangular) design on each end. Water stain in the middle of one selvage with some running of purple dye extending into natural fiber.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lamotrek Island (not certain), Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2034606
label: USNM Number
content: E431552-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wrapper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 198.2 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 48.9 cm
label: Length - Fringe Length
content: 33 cm