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. THE WAISTBAND HAS WOVEN AND TWISTED FIBER DESIGN, BUT THE ENTIRE SKIRT IS A GOLDEN TURMERIC COLOR. THE FRINGE, ALSO TURMERIC COLOR IS QUITE LONG AND FLOWING. HAS PRINTED LABEL FROM EARLY EXHIBIT ATTACHED TO THE WAISTBAND. EXHIBITED IN THE 1800'S. EXHIBIT LABEL, "CINCTURES (2) BELT WOVEN IN ONE CASE FROM GRASS FIBERS IN BLACK, BROWN AND WHITE, IN THE OTHER FROM WHITE INNER BARK, BOTH ORNAMENTED WITH LONG, THICK FRINGE. WORN BY THE WOMEN." THIS PEALE NUMBER [1355] HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.
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: E4652-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 37 cm
label: Unknown - Ties
content: 53 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 83 cm