"Grass" Skirt

Unidentified maker (Pohnpei Island)

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1953

Plant fiber dyed blue and yellow

Overall: 35 13/16 in. (91 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of John Fischer

56.11.13537

Geography

Place Made: Pohnpei Island, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Outerwear

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

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