Woman's Dress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 23 Aug 2000
label: Collection Date
content: 1990's
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Adrienne L. Kaeppler
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: SKIRT (1 OF 2): BLUE, GREEN AND PURPLE TIE-DYED CLOTH SKIRT. BROAD WAISTBAND HAS CLOTH COVERED PLASTIC BUTTONS DOWN CENTER. WAISTBAND BOTTOM CURVED TO CENTRAL POINT. BELOW WAISTBAND SKIRT HANGS. SKIRT MADE FROM 2 LAYERS OF CLOTH, BOTTOM LAYER EXTENDS BEYOND TOP LAYER FOR 7.5CM. SKIRT MADE W/ MACHINE STITCHING, SEAMS VISIBLE AT BOTTOM OF WAISTBAND AND WITHIN SKIRT. BLOUSE (2 OF 2): BLUE, GREEN AND PURPLE TIE-DYED CLOTH BLOUSE. BROAD SEMI-CIRCLE NECKLINE W/ SHORT SLEEVES. DOWN CENTER OF BLOUSE CLOTH COVERED PLASTIC BUTTONS. SEAMS VISIBLE AT ARMS. ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) "THESE DRESSES BECAME THE HEIGHT OF FASHION FOR COOK ISLANDS WOMEN IN THE 1980S AND 1990S. THEY ARE AN EVOLVED VERSION OF THE 'MOTHER HUBBARD' FASHION INTRODUCED INTO THE PACIFIC BY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES. THEY HAVE NOW BECOME POLYNESIAN HIGH FASHION."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 May 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cook Islander
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416174
label: USNM Number
content: E428800-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Skirt (1 Of 2)
content: 86.5 cm
label: Width - Skirt(1 Of 2)
content: 81 cm
label: Height - Skirt (1 Of 2)
content: 1 cm
label: Length - Blouse(2 Of 2)
content: 40 cm
label: Width - Blouse(2 Of 2)
content: 57 cm
label: Height - Blouse(2 Of 2)
content: 1 cm