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Object Number
00-8-70/55359
Display Title
Ornament of braided human hair
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Belt?, multi stranded, braided human hair with glass bead accents
Classification
- Belt
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Tonga
/
<State>
/
Vava'u
Additional Geographic Terms
Vavau Group
Materials
Human hair, Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 136 x 1.7 x 0.8 cm (53 9/16 x 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55359
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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