Skirt Item Number: 2948/13 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Grass skirt of ruddy-brown strips of sago leaf attached to a broad waistband of dark brown and tan fibres interwoven with braids of sago leaf. The left end of the belt is a thick, neat loop; the right end has two braided ties, the top being twice the width of the lower. Three thick tassels protrude from the waistband; the centre and left have a cylinder of tightly braided sago leaf clasping the top third of the tassel which supports them protruding outwards rather than being flat.