Woven garment

Museum number:

11-42792

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Accession number:

Acc.3562

Description:

Rain hood, fiber, plaited; 5 vertical sections, 1 horizontal section sewn together; fringe at bottom; geometric pattern plaited into sections; brown and tan. 125.0 cm.

Donor:

Caroline Mytinger

Collection place:

Lower Fly River, Papua New Guinea

Culture or time period:

Melanesian

Collector:

Caroline Mytinger

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Plaited weaving

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

July 22, 1980

Department:

Oceania

Dimensions:

length 125 centimeters