Skirt Item Number: C966 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The skirt is brown with nine rows of light coloured flax strips. The strips are unraveled into brown fibres at both ends. The top end is woven into the brown cloth of the skirt. The bottom end is short and becomes a fringe on the bottom of each row of strips. There is a thick braided fibre band across the top of the skirt.
Cultural Context
dance skirt
Item History
- Made in New Zealand before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Skirt
- Identification Number
- C966
- Type of Item
- skirt
- Material
- new zealand flax fibre and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn and woven
- Overall
- height 108.5 cm, width 51.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Maori
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- New Zealand
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2191/1247