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Object Number 37-98-70/813
Display Title Metal helmet - formerly worn at war, later part of feast day costume
Descriptions
Indigenous Term takoela, ndrongo
Inventory Description Helmet, stapled metal, round, with projecting cut metal crests, discs on sides
Classification
  • Helmet
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Dutch East Indies / <State> / Nias Island / Soliga / Soliga
Additional Geographic Terms Central
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 28 x 20 cm (7 1/16 x 11 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-98-70/813

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