Rito hat with cowrie hat band
date: label: Accession Date
content: 17 Feb 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 2013
name: label: Collector
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
label: Donor Name
content: Jean T. Chapman-Mason
notes: label: Notes
content: "white rito hat with wide brim & polished pearlshell in the top, with its shell ei (wreath, circlet, crown, lei, garland, etc) of pore'o tea (white cowrie) generally called a taomi pare (ie "press hat down"), which is used to make a hat heavier so it doesn't fly off in a breeze." Cowrie hat-band is made of a double row of shells.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Aug 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rakahanga, Cook Islands, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Cook Islands Maori
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2069807
label: USNM Number
content: E433846-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 42 cm
label: Width
content: 39 cm
label: Height
content: 10 cm