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Object Number
99-12-70/53559
Display Title
Crested helmet
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Mahiole
Object Description
Wicker helmet covered with red, yellow, and black feathers. This helmet has spokes that alternate in being yellow or red, and a special border of black and white feathers along the lower edge of the cap. The crest is supported by spokes rising above the cap.
Inventory Description
Helmet, wicker form, vegetable fiber net, 6 spoked crest, red, yellow, black fea
Classification
- Helmet
Department
Ethnographic
Date
18th century
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
/
Honolulu County
/
Oahu
Dimensions
Overall: 44 x 54 x 16.5 cm (17 5/16 x 21 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
99-12-70/53559
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Collector
Captain Robert Gray
(1789)
Previous owner
Pres. George Washington
(1792)
Previous owner
Boston Museum
(1899)
Previous owner
Peale Museum
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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| 99-12-70/53558 | Helmet |
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for Crested helmet feather fragments
| 99-12-70/53559.1 | Crested helmet feather fragments |
Oahu
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for Small fragments in plastic bag from object 27-61-70/D3020
| 27-61-70/D3020.1 | Small fragments in plastic bag from object 27-61-70/D3020 |
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Helmet
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