Skirt

Museum number:
11-42793
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3562
Description:
Skirt, fiber strands wrapped and hung from braided waistband, short fringe at waist. fiber length - 78.0 cm., waistband - 78.0 cm. Native name and meaning: "Hanvabada" - grass skirt.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Port Moresby, National Capitol District, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Melanesian
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
waistband— length 78 centimeters and fiber— length 78 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Skirt, accession number 11-42793, described as Skirt, fiber strands wrapped and hung from braided waistband, short fringe at waist. fiber length - 78.0 cm., waistband - 78.0 cm. Native name and meaning: "Hanvabada" - grass skirt.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Skirt, accession number 11-42793, described as Skirt, fiber strands wrapped and hung from braided waistband, short fringe at waist. fiber length - 78.0 cm., waistband - 78.0 cm. Native name and meaning: "Hanvabada" - grass skirt.

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