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Coconut fibre armor
Object Number 00-8-70/55608
Display Title Coconut fibre armor
Descriptions
(not entered) Cocoanut fibre armor DZ
Inventory Description Breastplate, woven, dark diamond designs, upward flap, loops at front
Classification
  • Breastplate
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati
Additional Geographic Terms South
Materials Plant fiber cordage , Palm fiber , Human hair , Coconut fiber
Dimensions Overall: 96.5 x 50 x 28 cm (38 x 19 11/16 x 11 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55608; L52/2/288 / MI
Credit Line Gift of Alexander Agassiz, 1900
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1899-1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1899-1900)
Expedition Albatross Expedition
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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