FMNH 252514.1
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Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 50-5 | Provenience: Western Caroline Islands; Palau | People or Culture: Palauan | Object: skirt | Material: shredded bark of the achlap tree (?) and kerdikes grass (Bruguiera conjugata) | Description: This skirt for a child. Has front and back. (See reverse for sketch) Native name: iriut. This type of skirt was not a work skirt, but rather, was worn on ceremonial and other special occasions. | Dimensions: (in cm.) | Collection: Presented by Roland W. Force; Collector, 1956. Tri-Institutional Pacific Program Ethnological Expedition to Palau, 1954-1956. [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 252514 | Field No. 55-87 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2574 [BACK] [ILLUSTRATION]Catalog Number: 252514.1Description: skirt componentMaterials: bark fiber, grass fiberCultural Attribution: PalauanLocality: Pacific, Caroline Islands, Western Caroline Islands, Palau Archipelago, PalauAccession Number: [2574] R. W. Force : Bishop Museum (Gift)Accession Year:Other Numbers: 55-87Country: PalauCollector/Source: Roland W. Force : Bishop Museum, Roland W. Force : Bishop MuseumEMu IRN: 4351213GUID: 50084812-a3a5-4d5f-91de-432b2f3455e9
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