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 IS A GOLD COLOR WITH MEDIUM BROWN, DARK BROWN AND NATURAL HORIZONTAL STRIPES RUNNING THROUGH IT. THE FIRST TWO ROWS OF FRINGE FORM CHECKED PATTERN IN BROWN AND NATURAL. THE LONG FRINGE IS A GOLD COLOR WITH TIES OF GOLD AND MEDIUM BROWN. THIS SKIRT HAD THE CATALOGUE NUMBER 3252, BUT THIS IS IN ERROR SINCE THERE WERE TWO SKIRTS WITH THIS SAME NUMBER. THE ACTUAL 3252 ALSO HAD A PEALE NUMBER WHICH MATCHED THAT LISTED IN THE LEDGER. THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED THE CATALOGUE NUMBER 4621 SINCE THIS NUMBER WAS MISSING INVENTORY DATA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Aug 2015
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: E4621-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 17 cm
label: Unknown - Ties
content: 56 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 83 cm