Woman's Skirt, "Liku"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: United States Exploring Expedition
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: SKIRT IS WOVEN OF STRIPS OF PANDANUS, SWAMP SEDGE, GRASSES AND HIBISCUS BAST. THIS TYPE OF SKIRT WAS PROBABLY USED FOR FISHING. THE WAISTBAND IS VERY NARROW, AND WOVEN WITH HIBISCUS AND PANDANUS IN A CHECK PATTERN OF REDDISH BROWN AND NATURAL TAN. THE FRINGE IS PROBABLY A SEA GRASS, AND QUITE LONG. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Fiji, Melanesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fijian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E3254-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 31 cm
label: Length - Ties
content: 79 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 40 cm