"Tur", laplap or wraparound of loom woven fiber (banana or hibiscus)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1950s
name: label: Collector
content: Shigeru Kaneshiro
label: Donor Name
content: Shigeru Kaneshiro
notes: label: Notes
content: Loom woven plain weave textile with stripes. Weft is undyed. The warp has alternating red stripes (each 3.175cm wide) and blue stripes (each 3.80cm wide). The blue area is a combination of grey dyed (and faded?) banana or hibiscus fibers and blue cotton thread. The selvage is made of black, gold and red cotton thread, woven in a tighter weave to reinforce the edges. Unfinished fringe. Cotton fringe ends seem intact, while fiber fringe ends are very brittle and damaged.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lamotrek Island (not certain), Yap State, 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: 2034606
label: USNM Number
content: E431553-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Wrapper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 507 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 50 cm
label: Length - Fringe Length
content: 58.4 cm