Headdress

Museum number:
11-540
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.35
Description:
Headdress, chief’s; approximately 200 feathers of a black rooster woven into a double band of twisted sinnet; cords dangle at ends for fastening
Donor:
John Campbell Merriam and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Marquesas, French Polynesia
Culture or time period:
Polynesian
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
January 22, 1901
Department:
Oceania
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 11-540, described as Headdress, chief’s; approximately 200 feathers of a black rooster woven into a double band of twisted sinnet; cords dangle at ends for fastening
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 11-540, described as Headdress, chief’s; approximately 200 feathers of a black rooster woven into a double band of twisted sinnet; cords dangle at ends for fastening

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