Skirt. Made from palm leaves. The leaves are plaited to the string waistband. [AB [OPS move] 19/12/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Skirt. Made from palm leaves. The leaves are plaited to the string waistband. [AB [OPS move] 19/12/2017]
Long description: Skirt. Made from palm leaves. The leaves are plaited to the string waistband. Part of a complete costume for masked society, for the mask see 1920.100.26 .1. [AB [OPS move] 19/12/2017]
Geographical reference: Vanuatu
Oceania > Melanesia > Vanuatu; Banks Islands
Person: Field collector John Palmer; Field collector Melanesian Mission; PRM source Robert Henry Codrington; PRM source Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1885
Date collected: By 1885
Acquisition information: Donated: 1885, uncertain Transferred: 21/04/1888, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Palm Leaf Plant, Material String, Process Plaited
Dimensions: Length: max 1130 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1920.100.26.2
Research and responses: According to Codrington's book The Melanesians, their anthropology and folk-lore the Tamate is the name of a secret/masked society. This is the costume worn, which seemingly consists of a headdress, shoulder covering, cloak and skirt, although this should be checked when this object is retrieved. [CW 8/3/2001]

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