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Warrior's cape
Object Number 99-12-70/53506
Display Title Warrior's cape
Descriptions
Object Description Warrior's cape. Use of this fiber is restricted to warriors.
Inventory Description Cape, 2 tiers of dark brown fiber with braided edge, cord one end
Classification
  • Cape
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 125 x 104 x 2.7 cm (49 3/16 x 40 15/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53506
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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