Grass skirt made of strips of sago leaf. The colour of the sago leaf strips varies from shades of brown to yellow. The front has two layers with a shorter section of straight strips attached to the waistband in five separate sections sitting in front of longer plaits that curl and fray at the bottom. The braided brown and yellow waistband ends in a loop on the right and single tie on the left which is knotted towards the end with a tuft of long strands.

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• Type of Item skirt
• Culture Asmat
• Material sago fibre, plant fibre
• Measurements height 52.0 cm, width 59.0 cm, depth 10.2 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Lorne Balshine
• Received from Lorne Balshine

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• Made in Papua

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• Collection Date during 1980
• Ownership Date before April 11, 2012
• Acquisition Date on April 11, 2012

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 2948/0015