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Cataloguing data

Object type
Headdress
Dimensions
Weight: 250 g
Height: 13,3 cm
Width: 25 cm
Depth: 18 cm
Material/Technique
Mussel shell , Tortoiseshell, Plant fibre (coconut), Bark pulp
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VI 15701

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    before 1898
    where
    Polynesia
    Marquesas
    Hiva Oa
    Taaoa
    French Polynesia
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Karl von den Steinen 1899
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Oceania

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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