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. 96.0, W. 98.0 CM. UNDYED HYBISCUS FIBER STRANDS STITCHED TO BARKCLOTH WAISTBAND (W. 10.5 CM). DECORATED WITH FLOWER SYMBOLS, OF WHITE COWRIE SHELLS OUTLINED WITH YELLOW SNAIL SHELLS, AND TASSLES OF HYBISCUS FIBER, ATTACHED TO STRINGS OF ROUND NUTS AND WHITE-PAINTED SEEDS. DANCE CROWN. H. 8.0, DA. 60.0 CM.WIDE BARKCLOTH HEADBAND DECORATED WITH FLOWER SYMBOLS, OF WHITE COWRIE SHELLS, YELLOW SNAIL SHELLS AND TWO OTHER SHELL TYPES, AND TASSLES AS ABOVE (ONLY 1 INTACT). CURLY HYBISCUS FIBERS EXTEND 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: E424812-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Length - Skirt
content: 96 cm
label: Width - Skirt
content: 98 cm
label: Height - Crown
content: 8 cm
label: Diameter - Crown
content: 60 cm