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Head-piece covered with painted bark cloth
Object Number 99-12-70/53540
Display Title Head-piece covered with painted bark cloth
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hat, tapa cloth, round brim, applique fiber and orange and black painted tapa
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Chile / Rapa Nui
Materials Tapa cloth, Fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 13 x 23.5 x 23 cm (5 1/8 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53540
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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