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Neck or head ornament
Object Number 99-12-70/53779
Display Title Neck or head ornament
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ornament, ring, multiple plant fiber wrapped circular canes, bound together
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / France / French Polynesia
Additional Geographic Terms Marquesas Islands?
Materials Plant fiber, Cane
Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 22 x 22 cm (3 3/8 x 8 11/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53779
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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