This Is Not a Grass Skirt: On Fibre Skirts (liku) and Female Tattooing (veiqia) in Nineteenth Century Fiji
- ISBN-10
- 9088908125
- ISBN-13
- 9789088908125
- Pages
- 236
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-08-24
- Author
- Karen Jacobs
Description
This study focuses on fibre skirts (liku) and associated tattooing (veiqia) worn by indigenous Fijian women in the nineteenth century, highlighting the link between clothing and the adorned human body and the ongoing relevance of museum collections and archives.
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