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. WAISTBAND IS DARK BROWN WITH BLACK AND GOLD COLOR DESIGNS, SOME FIBERS ARE TWISTED AND BRAIDED IN A PATTERN. THE FRINGE IS GOLD COLOR AND DARK BROWN, THE TIES ARE DARK BROWN. HAS A SMALL TAG ATTACHED WHICH READS, "C. WILKES, FIJI ISL., FEMALE CINCTURE." THIS PEALE NUMBER HAS BEEN ARBITRARILY ASSIGNED TO THIS CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR PORPOSES 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: E4657-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Unknown - Ties
content: 80 cm
label: Circumference - Object
content: 98 cm