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Object Number
00-8-70/55453
Display Title
Shell head band
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headband, woven plant fiber band with three rows of white shells sewn one side
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Marshall Islands
Additional Geographic Terms
Rongelab
Materials
Shell, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 24 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm (9 7/16 x 13/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
55453
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(01/18/1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(01/18/1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(01/18/1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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| 00-8-70/55455 | Shell head band |
Headband
|
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| |
| 00-8-70/55451 | Shell head band |
Headband
|
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| |
| 00-8-70/55559 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
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| |
| 96-25-70/49404 | Head band |
Headband
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 00-8-70/55533 | Shell head ornament |
Headband
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| |
| 00-8-70/55558 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
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| |
| 00-8-70/55560 | Shell ornament for head or hair |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
| |
| 18-20-70/D1148 | Ornament, plant fiber band with rows of small shells, two large shells attached |
Ornament
Raw Material |
New Britain
| |
| 00-8-70/55483.4 | Head bands of chief. see photograph |
Headband
|
Marshall Islands
|