Wrap-around skirt. Top portion is a solid dark blue. Lower portion has two thick bands of embroidered design on a black background, flanked by teal bands, with a large solid dark purple band through the middle. A single row of cowrie shells are sewn along the top band with strings of beads, evenly spaced, hanging down. Each string has many different sizes of reddish-brown cylindrical beads, a few small red glass beads, and each with a pearlescent seed at the end. From the centre of the row of cowrie shells, two bells are hung. Single-side embroidery.

• History Of Use

  Falam, Zahau sub-group, wrap-around skirt.

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• Type of Item skirt
• Culture Falam
• Material cotton fibre, cowrie shell, metal, clay, seed, shell, glass
• Measurements height 84.5 cm, width 133.0 cm (overall)

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

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• Creation Date between 1970 and 1980
• Collection Date during 1988
• Ownership Date before August 24, 2022
• Acquisition Date on August 24, 2022

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3587/0010