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te barantauti (porcupine fish skin helmet)
te barantauti (porcupine fish skin helmet)
Object Number 00-8-70/55612
Display Title te barantauti (porcupine fish skin helmet)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Helmet, fishskin, spiked, face removed, plant fiber cord, stiffened
Classification
  • Helmet
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Kiribati
Materials Fishskin, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 22.5 x 24.7 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/8 x 9 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 55612
Credit Line Gift of Alexander Agassiz
Provenance
Collector Alexander Agassiz (1/6/1900)
Collector Dr. William McMichael Woodworth (1/6/1900)
Expedition Albatross Expedition
Donor Donated by Alexander Agassiz (1900)

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