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Object Number 69-20-70/51518
Display Title Helmet
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Mahiole
Object Description Woven helmet with feather work covering. Low crested helmet decorated almost entirely with red feathers. The top of the crest appears to have been covered with yellow feathers.
Inventory Description Helmet, wicker frame, crested, vegetable fiber net cover, red and yellow feather
Classification
  • Helmet
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Hawaiian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / United States / Hawaii
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 33.5 x 19 cm (11 7/16 x 13 3/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 69-20-70/51518
Provenance
Donor Boston Marine Society (June 8, 1869)

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