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. BAND CONSISTS OF WOVEN BLACK AND NATURAL COLORED GRASSES, WITH RATHER LONG FRINGE OF NATURAL COLOR.
label: Notes
content: Peale catalogue identifies # 1285 - 1393 as "Ligu [i.e. Liku], cinctures made of bark, and worn by the women of the Figi [Fiji] Islands; commonly the only article of dress."
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: E9221-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 17 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 79.5 cm