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Object Number
99-12-70/53558
Display Title
Helmet
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Mahiole
Object Description
Wicker helmet covered with red, yellow and black feathers. Low crested helmet. Although badly disintegrating, the crest appears to have originally been covered with yellow feathers. The rest of the helmet is covered in well-preserved red and black feathers arranged in alternating bands.
Inventory Description
Helmet, wickerwork base, netting cover, crested, black, red, and yellow feathers
Classification
- Helmet
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
United States
/
Hawaii
Dimensions
Overall: 32.5 x 32 x 14.5 cm (12 13/16 x 12 5/8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53558
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Collector
Captain Robert Gray
(1789)
Intermediary
Charles Willson Peale
(1790-1792)
Intermediary
David Kimball
(1899)
Intermediary
Boston Museum
(1899)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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for Crested helmet feather fragments
| 99-12-70/53559.1 | Crested helmet feather fragments |
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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 |
Cape
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