Culture or time period: Oceanian cultures / Function: 2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bamboo ear plug, accession number 11-41134, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Bamboo ear plug, accession number 11-41135, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry mat, accession number 11-2099, described as Conical basketry mat. Conical mat, used by both men and women to shelter head from the mosquito’s biting during the night. Infants were placed beneath. Local name is nagonara. Mythic association with Wawalak cycle.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 11-44091, described as Woven Belt with fiber tassles on both ends, lined in two rows of 13 cowry shells. (26 total) Center of belt has woven strip running length of belt, half dyed reddish-pink, perhaps loss of color on other half.

Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 11-44092, described as Woven Belt with fiber tassles on both ends, lined with two rows of 16 cowry shells (32 total). Center of belt has woven strip running length of belt and X-shaped fiber designs, dyed an orange-ish color.

Hearst Museum object titled Cloak, accession number 11-3334, described as Feathered Maori cloak.

Hearst Museum object titled Cowry shell and bark necklace, accession number 11-42716, described as Necklace, cowrie shell and bark, 15 shells.

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