A ruddy-brown grass skirt consisting of intermingled tight braids and open strips of sago leaf attached to a thicker braid waistband. At one end is a loop, at the other end a tie - two long braids are knotted together in the middle and again towards their ends out of which long tufts of unbraided sago leaf continue.

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• Type of Item skirt
• Culture Asmat
• Material sago fibre, plant fibre
• Measurements height 55.7 cm, width 29.0 cm, depth 8.5 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 2948/0016