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Girdle

Description

Woman's girdle of hibiscus bast, dyed red and blue: Polynesian, Samoa

Museum reference

A.1897.188.3

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Girdle

Production information

Samoa, Samoan Islands, Polynesia

Materials

Hibiscus bast

Physical description

Hibiscus bast, dyed red and blue

Associations

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850 - 1894

Exhibitions

  • Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
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