151 x 37 cm. (fringes)

Provenance: Loed van Bussel, Amsterdam 1980. Kaeppler, A.L. (2008) The Pacific Arts of Polynesia & Micronesia, p. 107 '(...) rather than being worn, they were presented to the chief, who imbued them with sanctity by placing them on his spirit-shelf for four days as an offering to his ancestral spirits.' The skirts 'were then used for investiture, initiation, and burial of men of rank.'