- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sago palm leaf skirt. The skirt is made of bundles of dark red or brown palm leaf strips folded over a waist band and knotted just below. There are also very fine black feathers found within the strips. This skirt is stored rolled. [MOBB [OPS move] 30/1/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Bosngun
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1937
- Date collected
- By 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Sago Palm Leaf Plant, Material Pigment, Material Bird Feather, Process Dyed
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 105 mm, Width: max 165 mm, Length: max 495 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.1501 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1430a
1938.36.1501
Sago palm leaf skirt. The skirt is made of bundles of dark red or brown palm leaf strips folded over a waist band and knotted just below. There are also very fine black feathers found within the strips. This skirt is stored rolled. [MOBB [OPS move] 30/1/2017]
1938.36.1501
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