- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Grass skirt made from split plant fibre attached to a plant fibre waistband. The skirt is attached to plant fibre strings which also run through a skirt which has been assigned accession number 1979.21.71 even though they appear to be two sides to one item of clothing rather than two separated items. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/1/2017]
- Long description
- Grass skirt made from split plant fibre attached to a plant fibre waistband, the skirt is attached to 1979.21.71. Possibly a front and back skirt. [FB 29/01/2015]
- Geographical reference
- Southern Highlands District Was River Valley
- Cultural groups
- Wola
- Person
- Field collector Paul Sillitoe
- PRM source Trustees of the British Museum
- PRM source British Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1978
- Date collected
- 1976 - 1978
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1979
- Materials and processes
- Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material String, Process Strung, Process Bound
- Dimensions
- Length: max 305 mm, Width: max 500 mm, Depth: max 60 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1979.21.70
1979.21.70
Grass skirt made from split plant fibre attached to a plant fibre waistband. The skirt is attached to plant fibre strings which also run through a skirt which has been assigned accession number 1979.21.71 even though they appear to be two sides to one item of clothing rather than two separated items. [MOBB [OPS move] 20/1/2017]
1979.21.70
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