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Object Number 99-12-70/53561
Display Title Helmet
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Mahiole
Object Description Wicker helmet covered with projections. The helmet is made of two-toned fiber (black and brown) and decorated with spaced mushroom-like ornaments, eight are paired and two are single. The helmet currently has no feathers and probably never did.
Inventory Description Helmet, woven basketry cap, medium and dark brown plant fibers, open at base, arches at either side of base to accommodate ears, crest extends along center of cap, crest composed of cylindrical fiber extensions with flat discs at end, extensions resembling mushrooms in shape, eight discs are paired, two discs are single
Classification
  • Helmet
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Materials Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 19 × 27 × 17 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/8 × 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53561
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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