Child's or small woman’s ceremonial skirt constructed in eight layers knotted in to a thick wrapped rope at the waist which has been stitched together very neatly. The inner most layer is constructed from rectangular tabs of banana leaf which are over layered with red coconut leaf husk fibres, a second layer of banana leaf strips and five more layers of coconut husk fibre in beige, red , green , red with the final layer constructed from a mass of shredded ?pandanus leaf
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