Woman's Skirt, "Liku"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Titian R. Peale
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. BAND IS WOVEN IN CHECKEDAND STRIPED PATERN IN BLACK, REDDISH-BROWN AND NATURAL COLORS. THE FRINGE IS CUT IN SEVEN OR EIGHT LAYERS IN ALTERNATING COLORS. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO PEALE NUMBERS ON THIS SPECIMEN, #1329 AND #1330, BUT #1330 ACTUALLY BELONGS TO S.I. CATALOGUE #4525. EXHIBITED MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Dec 2023
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: E4524-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Skirt
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Unknown - Ties
content: 74 cm