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Object Number 99-12-70/53622
Display Title Palm(?) leaf cap
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hat, conical, woven palm leaf, lashed with twisted human hair and fiber cord
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati
Additional Geographic Terms Micronesia
Dimensions Overall: 27.1 x 25 x 33 cm (10 11/16 x 9 13/16 x 13 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object (52622); 99-12-70/53622
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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