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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 11-42427, described as comb; for ornamental use; section of bamboo splint arranged fanlike in frame-work of three pairs of longer splints tied at top; pairs are joined with hair; hair woven through middle of entire assembly, glass beads added; 24 cm.l.

Hearst Museum object titled Fan / brush w/ handle, accession number 11-453, described as Fan or brush of hair, on handle; [fly] whisk, used by chiefs or high ranking orators - mark of status

Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 11-1415, described as Fly whisk of horse hair.

Hearst Museum object titled Girl's hair headdress, accession number 11-483, described as The human hair headdress (tuinga lau ulu) is a Samoan mark of status worn on important occasions by the village virgin (taupou) or the son of the high chief (manaia). Hair is obtained from healthy girls of good family and bleached by treatment with saltwater and sun. The hair, tied into tufts, is strung into cords; a typical headdress has about 140 tufts. A framework (lave) of sticks, feathers and mirrors (modern substitutes for shells) is mounted at the front of the headdress above two forehead bands (pale fuiono) of Nautilus pompilius shells. The headdress fits tightly over a cap of tapa cloth, and is said to cause great discomfort to the wearer.

Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-470, described as Ornament of human hair

Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-622, described as Ornament of braided human hair, small

Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-469, described as Ornament of human hair

Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-621, described as Ornament of braided human hair

Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-472, described as Ornament of human hair

Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-471, described as Ornament of human hair

Comb

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Hearst Museum object titled Fan / brush w/ handle, accession number 11-453, described as Fan or brush of hair, on handle; [fly] whisk, used by chiefs or high ranking orators - mark of status

Fan / brush w/ handle

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Hearst Museum object titled Fly whisk, accession number 11-1415, described as Fly whisk of horse hair.

Fly whisk

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Hearst Museum object titled Girl's hair headdress, accession number 11-483, described as The human hair headdress (tuinga lau ulu) is a Samoan mark of status worn on important occasions by the village virgin (taupou) or the son of the high chief (manaia). Hair is obtained from healthy girls of good family and bleached by treatment with saltwater and sun. The hair, tied into tufts, is strung into cords; a typical headdress has about 140 tufts. A framework (lave) of sticks, feathers and mirrors (modern substitutes for shells) is mounted at the front of the headdress above two forehead bands (pale fuiono) of Nautilus pompilius shells. The headdress fits tightly over a cap of tapa cloth, and is said to cause great discomfort to the wearer.

Girl's hair headdress

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Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-470, described as Ornament of human hair

Ornament

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Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-622, described as Ornament of braided human hair, small

Ornament

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Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-469, described as Ornament of human hair

Ornament

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Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-621, described as Ornament of braided human hair

Ornament

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Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-472, described as Ornament of human hair

Ornament

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Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 11-471, described as Ornament of human hair

Ornament

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Ornament7 objects
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Fan / brush w/ handle1 objects
Fly whisk1 objects
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Ornaments (object genre)7 objects
Personal equipment2 objects
Combs (grooming tools)1 objects
Equipment for grooming, hygiene and health care1 objects
Fly whisks1 objects

ethnography11 objects

image10 objects
legacy documentation10 objects

Oceania11 objects
French Polynesia7 objects
Marquesas, French Polynesia7 objects
Polynesia4 objects
Samoa2 objects
American Samoa1 objects
Pago Pago, Tutuila Island, American Samoa1 objects
Tonga1 objects
Tutuila, American Samoa1 objects

Current results range from 1900 to 1917

1900 : 1917

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[Missing]9 objects

Phoebe Apperson Hearst9 objects
Josephine Hall Bishop1 objects
R. M. Walker1 objects

Phoebe Apperson Hearst10 objects
Lloyd W. Swift1 objects

Oceanian cultures11 objects
Polynesian culturesRemove constraint Culture or time period: Polynesian cultures11 objects
Marquesan7 objects
Samoan3 objects
Tongan1 objects

Hair (material)Remove constraint Materials: Hair (material)11 objects
Bamboo (material)1 objects
Glass (material)1 objects

Nautilus pompilius1 objects

Acc.258 objects
Acc.182 objects
Acc.31451 objects
Acc.5281 objects

Current results range from 1901 to 1975

1901 : 1975

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3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office8 objects
1.8 Toilet Articles2 objects
2.1 Daily Garb1 objects
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements1 objects

S1958-1959 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (April 3, 1959–unknown)1 objects

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