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Object Number
99-12-70/53548
Display Title
Carrying (?) band
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Strap?, braided fiber band sewn with rows of white shells, tapering cord ties
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms
Society Islands?
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 144 x 11.2 x 4.8 cm (56 11/16 x 4 7/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53548
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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-60/50742 | Carrying strap or band made of vegetable fiber |
Tools
|
China
| |
| 96-25-70/49403 | Head band |
Headdress
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 00-9-70/55800 | Head dress, bleached human hair. shell band with top piece |
Headdress
|
Samoa
| |
| 02-4-10/57169 | Woven Headband |
Headband
|
New Mexico
| |
| 00-8-70/55453 | Shell head band |
Hat
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 46-81-30/5524 | Band, knotted net |
Woven Fiber
|
Majes
| |
| 998-18-50/12826 | Armband with cowrie shells |
Armlet
|
Zaire
| |
| 48-51-70/2935 | Fiber belt worn by men going into battle, decorated with shells + |
Belt
|
Yap Islands
| |
| 08-12-30/73073 | Head ? band |
Headdress
|
South America
| |
| 998-18-50/12829 | Armband with cowrie shells |
Armlet
|
Zaire
| |
| 36-105-70/402 | Headdress of fiber decorated with tambu or nasa shells, with loops + |
Headband
|
New Guinea
| |
| 998-18-50/12827 | Armband with cowrie shells |
Armlet
|
Zaire
|