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Sisi

human history
  • Other Name

    Skirt (English)

  • Description

    Sisi. Skirt. This sisi is part of a dance attire set worn by males performing the tauoluga (type of dance). It is worn wrapped around the waist. This sisi is made from brightly dyed fau (hibiscus) fibres that have been wrapped and woven in different techniques. The waistband is made from three ply plaited fau and it has large fau rosettes attached along its length.

    Hanging from the waistband are strips of fau which have been wrapped and folded to look like layers of rosettes, with curled fau attached at the end. Across the length of the sisi the fau is dyed in different coloured rows.

  • Accession Number
    1994.304
  • Accession Date
    10 Nov 1994
  • Other Id

    54326.1 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • Sisi, 1994.304, 54326.1, Cultural Permissions Apply

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