- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Grass skirt with split plant fibre fringe tied at waist band. [FB 19/02/2015]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Yabem
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1937
- Date collected
- By 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Grass Fibre Plant, Process Split, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Width: max 90 mm, Length: max 340 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.890 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 833
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