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pare

human history
  • Other Name

    head ornament (English)

  • Description

    head ornament

    red and cream woven head ornament with spirals and flowers set over a band

  • Place
    Rarotonga/Cook Islands
  • Accession Date
    1918
  • Other Id

    13142 (ethnology)

  • Department

    Pacific

ornament 13142, Cultural Permissions Apply

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  • ornament 13142, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament 13142, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament 13142, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament 13142, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament 13142, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament 13142, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament 13142, Cultural Permissions Apply
  • ornament, head
  • ornament, head
  • ornament, head
  • ornament, head

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, 13142
  • Cultural Origin

    Cook Islands

  • Place
    Rarotonga/Cook Islands
  • Media

    fibre

  • Measurement Reading

    420mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in G7 Pacific Lifeways gallery (MPH 26/11/2015).)

    240mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in G7 Pacific Lifeways gallery (MPH 26/11/2015).)

    120mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in G7 Pacific Lifeways gallery (MPH 26/11/2015).)

  • Classification

    Ornament, Head

    Body Adornment

    Ornament

    Personal Artefacts

  • Last Update
    29 Mar 2018
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