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Liku

human history
  • Other Name

    Dance skirt (English)

    Waist Ornament (English)

  • Description

    Waist garment; dress; skirt; made of plant fibres: pandanus and hibiscus bark fibre. There are two long braided ties at both ends of the waistband with knots near their ends. The waistband consists of a thick braid woven from dyed-dark brown sennit fibres in three-ply plait , from which extends loose strips of fibre which are bound and interwoven to the sennit waistband.

    The waist garment consists of multiple strips and strands of dyed-black, dyed-dark brown and natural pandanus; dyed-red-brown, dyed-black and natural unprocessed hibiscus bark fibre and some strands are plaited decoratively in three-ply plait of natural and dyed-black pandanus strips. There are also five grey shells interwoven to the waist band.

  • Place
    [Tuvalu]/Pacific [Fiji]/Pacific
  • Accession Number
    2018.67.1
  • Accession Date
    09 Nov 2018
  • Department

    Pacific

Liku; 2018.67.1; Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Liku; 2018.67.1; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Liku; 2018.67.1; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Liku; 2018.67.1; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Liku; 2018.67.1; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Liku; 2018.67.1; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Liku; 2018.67.1; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Liku; 2018.67.1; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Liku; 2018.67.1; Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Liku; 2018.67.1; Cultural Permissions Apply
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