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A skirt made of plant fibre worn by women throughout Oceania. The front section is shorter than the back section. The commonly used term »grass skirt« is misleading as the material is derived from plants such as agave.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Object type
Rock
Dimensions
Length: 370.0 mm
Width: 340.0 mm
Length: 500.0 mm
Material/Technique
Bast fibre, Bast, Plant material
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0019

Provenance and sources

  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Shortland Islands (location/origin)
    Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
    Melanesia (location/origin)
    Oceania (location/origin)
    Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
    who
    Badische Sammlungen für Altertums- und Völkerkunde Karlsruhe - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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