Olive Shell Overskirt
date: label: Accession Date
content: 12 Jul 1876
name: label: Donor Name
content: Us Consul Isaac M. Brower
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "OLD (USNM EXHIBIT) LABEL: "BAND, 1/2 INCH BROAD, PLAITED FROM STRANDS OF VEGETABLE FIBER, TO WHICH ARE PENDANT, BY SMALL CORDS OF SAME, BROWN OLIVA SHELLS." L. 26"; SHELLS, 1 1/4" LONG."
label: Notes
content: Overskirt of olive shells, probably made and worn by women, for meke (dances) and other festive occasions.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 18
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: 005306
label: USNM Number
content: E23933-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Width - Band
content: 1.3 cm
label: Length - Band
content: 66 cm
label: Length - Shells
content: 3.17 cm