ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL #1278 (addition)
SIZE: 3.5 Linear feet
ACQUISITION: This addition to the Carleton Elliott Simensen Military Heritage Collection, 164th Infantry Association Records was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Doris Radke, Breckenridge, Minnesota on October 19, 1998 (Acc.#99-2340).
ACCESS: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
This addition to the 164th Infantry Association Records consists of a grass skirt worn by natives of Fiji. The 164th Infantry Regiment saw extensive combat duty in Fiji from March-December 1943. The skirt is composed of red, yellow and orange grass, and is approximately three feet long.
Box 9
Fijian grass skirt
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