Skirt

Museum number:
5-15430
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4477
Description:
Skirt: leather, with leather strip fringes, two with glass and brass bead adornment; gored. Married woman’s skirt for daily wear. L ca 58.0 cm (excluding fringes). Width (at waist) ca 37.0 cm.
Donor:
University Research Expeditions Program
Collection place:
Dawar, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Tanzania; Dauari; Datoga; Barabaig; made by Muchu
Culture or time period:
Barabaig
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 5-15430, described as Skirt: leather, with leather strip fringes, two with glass and brass bead adornment; gored. Married woman’s skirt for daily wear. L ca 58.0 cm (excluding fringes). Width (at waist) ca 37.0 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 5-15430, described as Skirt: leather, with leather strip fringes, two with glass and brass bead adornment; gored. Married woman’s skirt for daily wear. L ca 58.0 cm (excluding fringes). Width (at waist) ca 37.0 cm.

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