dance clothing; skirt

General view of object no. 1982.115.
Detail view of object no. 1982.115.
General view of object no. 1982.115. Detail view of object no. 1982.115.

Dancer's skirt (Bedamuni: sametaûa). A skirt worn by dancers instead of the pubic covering they normally wear. Made in the same manner as kaîya skirts (eg 1982.9), it consists of several layers of vegetable fibre (young coconut leaves), some of which are partly cut away to enhance the aesthetic appeal. The coconut fibres are tied to twined ropes of gopéa (buko, Gnetum gnemon).

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1982.115
PLACE
CULTURE
Bedamuni
COLLECTOR / COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 340 mm x 295 mm x 18 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
coconut leaf; coconut fibre; mulberry dye; buko fibre; knotting; twining
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > Oceania > Bedamuni
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