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Object Number
00-8-70/55558.1
Display Title
Shell ornament for head or hair
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headband, woven vegetable fiber interwoven withwhite shells, braided knot
Classification
- Headband
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 28.8 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (11 5/16 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55558
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00-8-70/55559 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55558 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55560 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55562 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55649.1 | Shell necklaces |
Necklace
|
Gilbert Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55533 | Shell head ornament |
Headband
|
Jaluit Atoll
| |
| 67-10-70/276 | Ornament for the head |
Headband
|
French Polynesia
| |
| 99-12-70/53589 | Head ornament |
Headband
|
French Polynesia
| |
| 96-25-70/49492 | Shell head ornament |
Headband
|
Queensland
| |
| 21-28-50/B2756 | Wreath of shells |
Headband
|
Cameroon
| |
| 35-31-50/1198 | Leader's "crown" of fibre band from which hang snail shells (ntute ko) |
Headband
|
Cameroon
| |
| 76-51-70/11011 | Shell head band |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
|