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Shell covered fiber hat
Object Number 58-42-70/3863
Display Title Shell covered fiber hat
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hat, woven fiber base with sewn spiral shells, brimmed, cylindrical crown
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand?
Materials Shell, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 17.5 x 34 x 27.5 cm (6 7/8 x 13 3/8 x 10 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-42-70/3863
Provenance
Collector Dr. Merrill Moore (1943)
Donor Adam G. N. Moore (1958)

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