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Head-piece in form of animal head covered with painted tapa
Object Number 99-12-70/53541
Display Title Head-piece in form of animal head covered with painted tapa
Descriptions
Object Description Headdress (?) in form of grotesque head covered with painted tapa. For additional information on the description and technology of manufacture see the Remarks section in the Conservation Record.
Inventory Description Headband, tapa cloth, moulded and painted facial design, round headpiece
Classification
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Tapa cloth, Fiber, Pigment, Barkcloth, Plant fiber, Cordage
Dimensions Overall: 10.4 x 26 x 30.5 cm (4 1/8 x 10 1/4 x 12 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53541
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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