Dance Costume
date: label: Accession Date
content: 6 Sep 1989
label: Collection Date
content: Unknown
name: label: Collector
content: Unknown
label: Donor Name
content: Carol Weigold
notes: label: Notes
content: DANCE SKIRT: L. 90.0, W. 84.0 CM HYBISCUS FIBER STRANDS STITCHED TO 9.0 CM. WIDE BARKCLOTH WAISTBAND. DECORATED WITH FLOWER SYMBOLS, OF BROWN COWRIES OUTLINED WITH WHITE SNAIL SHELLS; PAIRS OF COWRIES, OUTLINED WITH RED-PAINTED SNAIL SHELLS; AND HYBISCUS FIBER TASSLES, ON STRINGS OF WHITE-PAINTED SEEDS AND RED-PAINTED SNAIL SHELLS.DANCE CROWN. H. 15.5, DA. 60.0 CM.HYBISCUS FIBERS STITCHED TO 5.5 CM. WIDE BARKCLOTH STRIP WITH FLOWER SYMBOLS AND TASSLES AS ABOVE. HYBISCUS FIBER TUFTS EXTEND VERTICALLY FROM 3.0 CM. WIDE BARKCLOTH BAND ATTACHED SAGITALLY TO HEADBAND.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Tahiti, Society Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tahitian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 366837
label: USNM Number
content: E424811-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Length - Skirt
content: 90 cm
label: Width - Skirt
content: 84 cm
label: Height - Crown
content: 16 cm
label: Diameter - Crown
content: 60 cm