head-band(?);
neck-ornament(?)
- Museum number
- Oc,+.5351
- Description
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Head-band or neck ornament, formed of a plaited band of sinnet, with a neat loop at each end, connected by a twisted rope of barkcloth. Front is ornamented with three bunches of whale teeth, a fourth is missing.
- Production date
- 19thC (early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 6 centimetres
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Width: 50 centimetres
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Depth: 4 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2006-2007 28 Sept-7 Jan, London, BM, Power and Taboo
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Acquisition notes
- Expedition of "Venus" (Du Petit Thouars) collected by father of Madame de Marlin, interpreter to the expedition
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,+.5351
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1891C2.5351 (old CDMS no.)