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Catalog Number

CAS 1994-0012-0001A,B   CAS 1994-0012-0001A,B; Skirt with wrapping
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