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Maiden's bead hat
Object Number 14-50-30/86818
Display Title Maiden's bead hat
Descriptions
Inventory Description Woven, beaded band, hanging strands of beads, seeds, metal, beetle wings.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Arawak
  • Atorai
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America / British Guiana
South America / Guyana
Materials Cotton, Glass, Seed, Beetle wing, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 47.3 x 24 x 0.5 cm (18 5/8 x 9 7/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Rev. John W. Ogilvie (1913)
Seller Rev. John W. Ogilvie (1914)

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