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Object Number 61-8-70/3930
Display Title Headdress
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, red, yellow and black feathered bird skins sewn to silk backing
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date ca. 1860
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Quantity 4
Label on object 61-8-70/3930
Provenance
Provenance Mrs. William Barton Rogers
Donor Miss Frances R. Porter (Feb. 14, 1961)
Donor Museum of Science, Boston (January 27, 1961 - Febuary 14, 1961)

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