armour
- Museum number
- Oc.8042
- Description
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Armour for the arms and shoulders (te tuta) made of coarsely knotted coconut fibre (coir).
- Production date
- mid 19thC (before 1873)
- Dimensions
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Height: 21 centimetres
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Width: 163 centimetres
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Depth: 4.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register slip comment:
'Two loops at each of the wrist ends, through which to pass the fingers?'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1873
- Acquisition notes
- Presented by A.W. Franks Esq. Sept 15 1873
Bought of Mr King
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.8042
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1873C1.8042 (old CDMS no.)