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Object Number
99-12-70/53545
Display Title
Tapa headdress
Descriptions
Object Description
Tapa covered headdress
Height: 33 cm. Eliptical rim dimensions: 27 x 20 cm.
Inventory Description
Hat, wood frame covered with tapa cloth, ruffles, 3 crests, discolored, fragile
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Leeward Islands
/
Raiatea
Additional Geographic Terms
Society Islands
Materials
Wood, Tapa cloth
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 37.5 x 31 cm (13 x 14 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
53545
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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