Married Woman’s Skirt (Yokal)
This wedding skirt (yokal) made from several lengths of cord with orchid fibers, wound several hundred times, and bound in two places to form a large circular band.
Title: Married Woman’s Skirt (Yokal)
Artist: Unknown
Creation Date: 1989
Geography: Indonesia, Papua
Culture: Dani
Medium: Bark fiber, orchid fiber
Technique: Tying, braiding
Dimensions: 40 x 25 cm. (15.75 x 9.84 in.)
Classification: Costumes; principal attire (lower body)
Credit Line: Gift of Fleur Hampton in memory of Dr. O. W. Hampton, 2020
Object ID: H306-DAWS001