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Object Number 2000.16.6
Display Title Lei, crepe paper
Descriptions
Object Description Lei
Inventory Description Lei, plant fiber, folded, cylindrical necklace
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Tonga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Dimensions Overall: 64 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm (25 3/16 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Blair F. Baldwin, Class of 2002
Provenance
Collector Harris Fahnestock (1890's)
Donor Blair F. Baldwin (May 23, 2000)

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