Skirt

29-50-266

From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kararau

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-266
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kararau
Section Oceanian
Materials Plant Fiber
Description

Woman's skirt. Bunches of white fibres (at 6 points) and dried grass of natural colour or dyed red, fastened to belt made up of numerous cords which are wrapped at one end so as to form a loop for fastening about hips. Loop wrapped with split cane.

Length 76 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 180 - Other Number

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