Wraparound Fiber Skirt (Laplap)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jul 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Marie-Helene Sachet
label: Donor Name
content: Muriel W. Sterne
notes: label: Notes
content: BASKETRY SKIRT IS DONE IN RIGHT-ANGLE PLAITING. TWO ENDS OF SKIRT CONSIST OF LOOSE UNWOVEN STRANDS OF FIBER. ALONG 2 OUTSIDE EDGES OF GARMENT AND DOWN CENTERARE DESIGN IN BLUE, PURPLE AND RED DYED FIBER. DESIGN FORMED BY DIFFERENT BANDS OF COLORED FIBER CREATING COLORED BANDS. AT ENDS OF GARMENT TRIANGLE PATTERNS CREATED W/ COLORED AND NON-COLORED FIBERS. MARIE-HELENE SACHET (COLLECTOR) ATTRIBUTES SKIRT TO CENTRAL CAROLINE ISLANDS. ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR OF ETHNOLOGY) THE SKIRT IS MADE FROM HIBISCUS AND BANANA FIBERS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Nov 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Central Caroline Islands, 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: 420729
label: USNM Number
content: E428741-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 185 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 55 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm