Headdress
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Jul 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Marie-Helene Sachet
label: Donor Name
content: Muriel W. Sterne
notes: label: Notes
content: HEAD WREATH MADE OF 2 LAYERS OF PLAITED PANDANUS HEADBANDS W/ CALCAREOUS ALGAE STITCHED W/ CELLULOSE FIBER ONTO HEADBAND'S EXTERIOR. AT 4 INTERVALS ALONG ALGAEIN AN X SHAPE SHELLS ARE STRUNG ON PLASTIC LINE. AT THE CENTER OF EACH SHELL CLUSTER ARE CURLED RED AND GREEN RIBBONS. ACCORDING TO ADRIENNE KAEPPLER (CURATOR FOR OCEANIC ETHNOLOGY) THE HEADRESS IS PROBABLY FROM TAHITI, AND IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tahiti, Society Islands, France, Polynesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tahitian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 420729
label: USNM Number
content: E428736-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 28 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 6.5 cm