Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1994-0012-0001A,B | |
| Category | Textiles | |
| Object Name | Skirt with wrapping | |
| Culture | Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Malampa | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Island: Malekula; Village: Malsupo | |
| Maker's Name | Meri (Sister of John Teslo) | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1993 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | "White man's banana bark" fiber; “White man's banana†(?) leaf | |
| Description | A: Wrap-around skirt consisting of numerous hand-plied string fibers of graduated length (short at both ends, longer fibers in center) suspended from braided waist cord; Color is natural tan; B: Leaf wrapping used to store skirt (A) when it is not being worn. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = A=85.0, Thickness = A=0.2, Max Diam = B=6.4, Length = A=53.0; B=57.0 | |