Chief's cape

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Object Number 90-17-70/49288

Display Title Chief's cape

Descriptions

Inventory Description Cape, woven fiber, twisted and banded fringe, black and buff colors

Classification

Cape

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Maori

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Oceania / New Zealand

Materials Fiber, Seed

Dimensions Overall: 5 x 168 x 145 cm (1 15/16 x 66 1/8 x 57 1/16 in.)

Quantity 4

Label on object 49288

Provenance

Donor American Antiquarian Society (1890)

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