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Object Number 00-9-70/55800.2
Display Title Headdress, pieces of bleached human hair strung together with plant fiber cord
Descriptions
Object Description Headdress, pieces of bleached human hair strung together with plant fiber cord
Inventory Description Headdress, pieces of bleached human hair strung together with plant fiber cord
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Samoa
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 38 x 6.4 cm (14 3/8 x 14 15/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55800
Provenance
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
Donor Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1900)

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