Woman's Skirt, "Liku"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. J. A. Brown
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 SKIRT IS VERY SMALL AND NARROW, AND MUST HAVE BEEN A CHILD'S SKIRT. THE BAND IS MEDIUM BROWN WITH BLACK GRASSES WOVEN INTO PANDANUS, FORMING A FRINGE OVER THE BAND. THE FRINGE IS NATURAL COLORED PANDANUS. TIES ARE MEDIUM BROWN. THIS SKIRT HAD BEEN CATALOGUED T-11461 BUT HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER SINCE IT WAS MISSING INVENTORY DATA.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2014
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: E4603-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 6 cm
label: Unknown - Ties
content: 35 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 41 cm