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Hoop Skirt
Object/Artifact
Hoop with wide asymmetrical cone shape, 11 thin cotton tapes and belt; 18 closely spaced cloth covered hoops at bottom, 12 more widely spaced above to hips. Secures by hooking a hook into an eyelet.
G2003.135
Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection
1860 - 1865
hoop
trained
cone shape