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Object Number
67-10-70/276
Display Title
Ornament for the head
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headband, fine woven fiber band, worked iridescent shell, braided ties
Classification
- Headband
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1795
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Marquesas Islands?
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 52 x 8 x 2 cm (20 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
276
Provenance
Collector
Josiah Roberts
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-12-70/53589 | Head ornament |
Headband
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French Polynesia
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| 00-8-70/55558.1 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
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| 00-8-70/55533 | Shell head ornament |
Headband
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Jaluit Atoll
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| 00-8-70/55559 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55558 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55560 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55562 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 00-8-70/55751 | Male head gear |
Headband
|
Caroline Islands
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| 37-131-60/3161 | Felt head band ornament with bead veneer |
Headband
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China
| |
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Headband
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 00-8-70/55753 | Male head gear |
Headband
|
Caroline Islands
Truk Island Hogolu Island | |
| 96-25-70/49492 | Shell head ornament |
Headband
|
Queensland
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