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2003.89.14

Grass skirt or waist ornament. [FB 19/02/2015]

2003.89.14

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Collection type
Object
Description
Grass skirt or waist ornament. [FB 19/02/2015]
Long description
Grass skirt or waist ornament? consisting of plaited grass band fringed with small bunches of grass strung along half of their length with cowrie shells, red seeds (abrus precatorius) and short lengths of plant stem. [JP 21/5/2004]
Person
Field collector J. E. Michael Stewart-Smith
PRM source Betty M. Milner
Date / Period
Date made: Before 05/1954
Date collected
May 1954
Acquisition information
Donated: 2003
Materials and processes
Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Grass Stem Plant, Material Abrus Precatorius Seed Plant, Process Split, Process Plaited, Process Strung, Process Drilled
Dimensions
Width: max 700 mm, Length: max 300 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2003.89.14

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