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Object Number
00-8-70/55481
Display Title
Tortoise shell headdress for dancing
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headdress, disc with hole, reed frame with tortoise shell, feather extensions
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Nauru Island
Intrasite
0 degrees, 32' 54" S, 166 degrees 55'E
Dimensions
Overall: 42 x 81 x 2.1 cm (16 9/16 x 31 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
54481
Provenance
Collector
Alexander Agassiz
(1899-1900)
Collector
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1899-1900)
Collector
U.S. Fish Commission Ship Albatross Expedition
(1899-1900)
Donor
Donated by
Alexander Agassiz
(1900)
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