basket
human history
Basket (su). With locks of virgins' hair from the left temple. The locks are called "Tombies" which are cut off by the husband as soon as the girl is married. A ketekete vakamarama of plaited coconut fronds. Double handle of blade plaited sennit. Hair pieces at bottom of kit.
Accession number: 1928.210 Last Update: 24 Jan 2018
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Su
Ketekete vakamarama
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- Fiji
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[1901]
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1928.210
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1928
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2639 (ethnology)
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