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Tahaitian gorget
Object Number 99-12-70/53613
Display Title Tahaitian gorget
Descriptions
Inventory Description Gorget, basketry on wood frame, fur trim, feather and shark teeth decoration
Classification
  • Gorget
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Tahitian
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia / Windward Islands / Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms Society Islands
Materials Plant fiber, Wood, Fur?, Feather, Shark tooth
Dimensions Overall: 52.5 x 52.5 x 3.3 cm (20 11/16 x 20 11/16 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53613; POISON
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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