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Object Number 37-98-70/636
Display Title Metal helmet with metal and hair moustache - formerly for war
Descriptions
Indigenous Term tahoela tefaloe
Inventory Description Helmet, metal dome with applied metal strips, hanging wire with metal strip
Classification
  • Helmet
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island
Additional Geographic Terms Dutch East Indies, South; Hilisimaetano, vicinity of
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 35 x 25 x 19 cm (13 3/4 x 9 13/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/636

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