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Pith hat
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Object Number 99-12-30/52911
Display Title Pith hat
Descriptions
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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Hat
New Ireland?
Image Not Available for Pith hat covered with muslin
99-12-30/52910 Pith hat covered with muslin
South America
Pith helmet originally belonging to F.J. Gillen.
972-3-10/51606 Pith helmet originally belonging to F.J. Gillen.
Hat
North America
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Tools
Raw Material
Cameroon
Joy birds made of pith
27-56-70/D2744 Joy birds made of pith
Figurine
Village of Kowel
Pith quiver for mfan arrows - would not be used by hunter but might be for man o
37-32-50/2460 Pith quiver for mfan arrows - would not be used by hunter but might be for man o
Quiver
Cameroon
Pith personal ornament for dances
00-8-70/55420 Pith personal ornament for dances
Accessory
Aitutaki
Bundle of pith of juncus, used for night lamps
33-61-60/293 Bundle of pith of juncus, used for night lamps
Floral
Japan
Pith stick for beating headman's drum (cf. 50/2409)
37-32-50/2410 Pith stick for beating headman's drum (cf. 50/2409)
Percussion
Cameroon
Stool made of raffia pith
22-2-50/B3434 Stool made of raffia pith
Raw Material
Stool
Cameroon
Small pith basket - used as receptacle for oods and ends
37-32-50/2520 Small pith basket - used as receptacle for oods and ends
Basket
Cameroon
Knife sheath of raffia pith and 1 of umbrella tree wood
22-2-50/B3405 Knife sheath of raffia pith and 1 of umbrella tree wood
Sheath
Cameroon