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: T/COOK/46

: British Empire & Commonwealth

: Skirt

: Dance skirt made with yellow leaf fibre. Below the knee. The fibres are knotted onto a plaited plant fibre string. Woven pandanus waistband which has been machine stitched onto a cotton backing, stitched in places to the waistband of the skirt. Waistband has 8 fibre rosettes and a nut shell centre. Attached to the waistband are loops of nut shells with a natural fibre tassel attached. One loose tassel. Several loose nut shells.

: Commonwealth Institute Collection

: Cook Islands, Oceania / Polynesia, Pacific

: Transferred from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, 2012