Skirt

MOA: University of British Columbia

3587/26

Tube skirt. Composed of a rectangular handwoven textile, sewn together on the short edge to create a wide tube. The skirt has a black background with bands along both the top and bottom edge. The band has horizontal alternating black and red lines on the outside edge, and a band of vertical alternating black and red lines, with a yellow line separating them from the centre. Supplementary weft patterning in the centre in red, dark green, yellow and white.


  • Type of Item skirt
  • Culture Mru
  • Material cotton fibre, dye
  • Measurements height 26.5 cm, width 76.5 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Michael C. Howard
  • Received from Michael C. Howard


  • Creation Date between 1980 and 1989
  • Collection Date during 1996
  • Ownership Date before August 24, 2022
  • Acquisition Date on August 24, 2022

  • Item Classes textiles
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3587/0026