Skirt

Description:
Skirt. This is a natural fibered garment. When laid out flat it is rectangular in shape. Its depth is made up of layers of fibered pinnules that have been intricately knotted to a horizontal cord. The cord acts as a waistband, it is a long and thick 2-ply cord that has been used to knot a mass of natural fibered pinnules in a dark yellow tone. They are of similar length. The ends appear darker in tone - this could be from the application of an...
Display date:
Made: Pre 1929; Acquired: 1925
Location:
Pacific
Collections:
Auckland Museum Collections Online
Content partner:
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Availability:
Not specified
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Auckland Museum Collections
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira