Skirt (uncertain)

Girdle (uncertain)

P2684

From: Polynesia | Hawaiian Islands (uncertain) | New Zealand (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P2684
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Hawaiian (uncertain)
Provenience Polynesia | Hawaiian Islands (uncertain) | New Zealand (uncertain)
Culture Area Oceania | Polynesia
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Fiber | Reed (plant)
Description

Plant fiber skirt with a plaited band at the top in natural and dark brown fibers. Fragments of feathers attached along band. Many strands of twisted rope fiber hang from the upper band. Some of the ropes may have been inserted through reeds. In poor condition.

Length 73 cm
Width 83 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman; Subscription of Herbert L. Clark in memory of Edward W. Clark, 1911

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