Grass garment

Museum number:
11-3224
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21110003224
Accession number:
Acc.932
Description:
Chief’s skirt, “ikos” of crimped bleached under layer of coconut leaf
Donor:
Saul H. Riesenberg
Collection place:
Pohnpei Island, Senyavin Islands, Pohnpei State
Culture or time period:
Micronesian and Pohnpeian
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1948
Department:
Oceania
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grass garment, accession number 11-3224, described as Chief’s skirt, “ikos” of crimped bleached under layer of coconut leaf

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