Skirt Item Number: 2948/15 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Grass skirt made of strips of sago leaf. The colour of the sago leaf strips varies from shades of brown to yellow. The front has two layers with a shorter section of straight strips attached to the waistband in five separate sections sitting in front of longer plaits that curl and fray at the bottom. The braided brown and yellow waistband ends in a loop on the right and single tie on the left which is knotted towards the end with a tuft of long strands.