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Skirt

MOA: University of British Columbia

2948/12

Grass skirt consisting of loose strands of sago leaf attached to a waistband. The waistband features three rows and seventeen columns of alternating dark brown and yellow-brown woven plant fibres bordered by braids of ruddy-brown sago leaf. Three thick tassels of knotted sago leaf strips protrude from the waistband clasped with cylinder appendages of woven dark brown and yellow-brown fibres in alternating ‘V’ patterns. The waistband ends in a broad loop at one end with a knotted tie of loose sago leaf strips; and at the other, a broad, loose braid with a thick knot from which sprouts a long tuft of loose strands and braids.

  • Type of Item skirt
  • Culture Asmat
  • Material sago fibre, plant fibre
  • Measurements height 46.0 cm, width 134.5 cm, depth 8.5 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Lorne Balshine
  • Received from Lorne Balshine
  • Made in Papua
  • Collection Date during 1980
  • Ownership Date before April 11, 2012
  • Acquisition Date on April 11, 2012
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2948/0012

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