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Object Number 99-12-70/53523
Display Title Set of cocoa-nut fibre armor
Descriptions
Inventory Description Breastplate shirt, hat, and sleeves, woven/knotted, torn in places
Classification
  • Breastplate
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1838?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati
Additional Geographic Terms Gilbert Islands; Kingsmill Islands
Dimensions Overall: 53 x 71.5 x 2.3 cm (20 7/8 x 28 1/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 53523; L52/2/287 / MI
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor L. Cushing Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton

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