Headband

Museum number:

11-43152

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21110043152

Alternate number:

90 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.3562

Description:

Band, woven. Mercerized cotton thread woven over flax thread, geometric design in black, white and red. length - 55.0 cm., width - 3.0 cm. Collector states that specimen is "a female headband." Materials: cotton, flax, "taniko" (plain twining)

Donor:

Caroline Mytinger

Collection place:

New Zealand

Verbatim coll. place:

Polynesia, New Zealand, Maori

Culture or time period:

Maori

Collector:

Caroline Mytinger

Materials:

Cotton (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Headbands (headgear)

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

July 22, 1980

Department:

Oceania

Dimensions:

length 55 centimeters and width 3 centimeters