L-1, #26 (previous number (collector's original number)) and PD-26 (attributed PAHMA number)
Accession number:
Acc.4776
Description:
Short raffia skirt attached via larks head knots to a braided raffia and fabric cord around the waist.
Donor:
Penelope Delevoryas
Collection place:
Bitam, Woleu-Ntem province, Gabon
Collector:
Penelope Delevoryas
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
July 20, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 42 centimeters and length 78 centimeters
Comment:
Donor note: The original skirt used a raffia cord/tie. At some point the skirt was enlarged and a fabric strip was attached to the raffia cord to extend the girth of the skirt.