Wraparound Fiber Skirt (Laplap)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jul 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Marie-Helene Sachet
label: Donor Name
content: Muriel W. Sterne
notes: label: Notes
content: BASKETRY SKIRT HAS RIGHT-ANGLED PLAITING OF BLACK DYED AND UNDYED FIBER. 2 ENDSOF SKIRT CONSIST OF LOOSE UNWOVEN STRANDS OF FIBER. ALONG OUTSIDE EDGE OF GARMENT AND DOWN ITS CENTER IS A BAND OF BLACK FIBER INTERWOVEN W/ UNDYED FIBER. AT EITHER END OF THE GARMENT ARE 2 BANDS OF TRIANGULAR PATTERN CREATED W/ BLACK FIBER. MARIE-HELENE SACHET (COLLECTOR) ATTRIBUTES SKIRT TO CENTRAL CAROLINE ISLANDS. ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) THE SKIRT IS MADE OF HIBISCUS AND BANANA FIBERS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Central Caroline Islands, 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: 420729
label: USNM Number
content: E428742-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 155 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 50 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 0.3 cm