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Object Number 38-48-70/902
Display Title Head band
Descriptions
Inventory Description Band, woven fiber with clustered conical shells covering exterior, broken
Classification
  • Jewelry
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii / Hawaii County
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 10 x 1.1 cm (7 1/16 x 3 15/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-48-70/902
Provenance
Collector Mrs. Iretta Hight Retan (1890 ca. - May 16, 1938)
Donor Mrs. Iretta Hight Retan (1890 ca. - May 16, 1938)

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