Flax Skirt: "Piupiu"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 5 Sep 1986
name: label: Collector
content: Mrs. Patricia Jeory
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Patricia Jeory
notes: label: Notes
content: 235 LEAVES OF FLAX "HUKAHUKA" SCRAPED TO LOOSEN FIBERS WHICH ARE PLAITED TOGETHER TO FORM WAISTBAND. TIES EXTEND 55-65CM BEYOND WAISTBAND. FOUR BANDS OF DECORATION OF FOUR BANDS EACH: CREATED BY SCRAPING FLAX LEAVES WHILE SOFT TO MARK PATTERN IN BANDS OF LOOSENED FIBERS THUS EXPOSED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: New Zealand (Aotearoa), Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 356612
label: USNM Number
content: E423034-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 56 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 96 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 53.4 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 90.2 cm