Context (CMS Context)
Catalogue card reads [stamped in black ink:] 'Z 3995 Fiji'. [typed:] 'Dress or skirt of fibre, straw colour, brown, black, depth 9 1/2".' [added in pencil:] '1923 H64'. [added in pencil:] '24/5/79 AMG. Found, needs special box'. [in pencil in the bottom left corner:] 'A'. [stamped in black ink in the bottom right corner:] 'DRAWER A'. A small round red sticker pasted to the front of the card.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Dress or skirt of fibre. Straw colour, brown, black.
Event Date 1/6/1996
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Labels & inscriptions: A large rectangular cream label reads [stamped in blue ink:] 'FIJI Z 3995'. A small metal label reads [in white ink:] '1923.H64 j'. A small cream label reads [in pencil:] '120 H j a' and [crossed off:] 'E'.
Event Date 26/1/2013
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (CMS Description)
Skirt formed of four rows of thin strips of hibiscus fibre in natural colour, dyed black, dyed red and dyed yellow. The rows are superimposed and increasing in size from top to bottom, the shortest one being placed at the top. Very elaborate waistband of woven hibiscus fibre in natural, black, red and yellow colours. The ties are of red hibiscus fibre. One is much longer than the other.
Event Date 26/1/2013
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Exhibited: 'Chiefs & Governors: Art and power in Fiji', Cambridge MAA, 30 September 2013 - January 2014
Event Date 25/4/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden

Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2015.2118 | Assessment Only
Event Date 9/12/2015
Author: rah99

Description (CMS Description)
Liku skirt.
Skirt formed of four rows of thin strips of hibiscus fibre in natural colour, dyed black, red and yellow.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

Context (Other)
Loose natural fibre found in packaging upon return to MAA from the exhibition 'Fiji: Art and Life in the Pacific' at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA, Norwich October 15 2016- February 12 2017. Bagged and stored with object.
Event Date 13/3/2017
Author: Remke Velden