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1966.1.1204

Grass skirt with split fibre fringing. This skirt is folded widthwise. [MOBB [OPS move] 30/1/2017]


1966.1.1204

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Collection type
Object
Description
Grass skirt with split fibre fringing. This skirt is folded widthwise. [MOBB [OPS move] 30/1/2017]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1940
Date collected
By 1940
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1966
Materials and processes
Material Coconut Fibre Plant, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Process Bound, Process Split, Process Tied
Dimensions
Width: max 315 mm folded, Length: max 630 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1966.1.1204 Other numbers: 1940.1.48
Research and responses

For full text of Accession Book introduction (from Collections XVA Ipswich Ethnography A) see entry for 1966.1.1 [OD 11/6/2001].

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