cap;
head-dress(part of)
- Museum number
- Oc,EP.8
- Description
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Cap made of coiled coconut fibre.
- Production date
- early 19thc (likely)
- Dimensions
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Height: 15.50 centimetres
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Width: 2 centimetres
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Depth: 19.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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See the inner caps of Oc,EP.6 and Oc,EP.7 for similarities.
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Registration slip description, probably written in the late 19th century by James Edge Partington:
Austral Group Tubuai Id
Inner portion of a man's cap consisting of a spiral of coir wrapped with twisted sinnet cord, the wrapping taking the spiral next above it about every 1/2 inch.
Partington & Heape Album Pl.11[?]
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,EP.8
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc????D25.8 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1981Q1.1443