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Chief's cape
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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