Skirt

Museum number:
16-9767
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160009767
Accession number:
Acc.1777
Description:
Skirt; kanuts (waist fringe); made of shredded newly forming aguaje palm leaves and achiote coloring; worn by men; tie straps made from chambira fiber.
Donor:
Joyce Nies, Paul L. Powlison, Robert L. Russell, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Yagua
Collector:
Paul L. Powlison and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 16-9767, described as Skirt; kanuts (waist fringe); made of shredded newly forming aguaje palm leaves and achiote coloring; worn by men; tie straps made from chambira fiber.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 16-9767, described as Skirt; kanuts (waist fringe); made of shredded newly forming aguaje palm leaves and achiote coloring; worn by men; tie straps made from chambira fiber.

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