Dress

human history

One-piece dress. Green, blue, brown, white longitudinal stripes. Red, green, maroon and purple segments break up the brown longitudinal stripes. Two lengths of tightly worked cloth sewn together from armpit to hem with holes left for arms. Shoulders sew together with loop left open for head. Hemmed at lower edge with white wool.

Accession number: 832478 Last Update: 20 Oct 2017
Other Name

Butterfly Apron (given name)

Place
Eastern Highlands Province/New Guinea (PRE 1975)
Accession Number

2017.34.2

Accession Date

12 Apr 2017

Department

Pacific

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