Dance Skirt Item Number: 3522/17 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Dance skirt consisting of a cloth band with strands of yarn extending from the bottom edge. Yarn is done in sections of black, yellow and orange; strands are longer in the centre than outer edges. All the strands have groupings of beads at their ends; done in red, dark blue and light blue. The cloth band is black and has flower-like designs, done in cowrie shells. Centre of band has a flower design framed by single cowrie shells; cloth ties on either end of band, for securing.
The donor taught in a rural school in Tobli, eastern Liberia, from 1965 to 1967.