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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1938.1.77 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name ornament Description Ornament made of rectangular pearlshell pieces with four holes holes drilled on each allowing them to be strung onto two-ply twisted coconut and vegetable fibre cord. One shell broken in half. Part of a Tahitian mourner's costume? Index card says: 'Headdress of New Zealand, Chief's wife, 2 rows of rectangular plates of mother of pearl, Maori' and in pencil 'Labelled as Caroline Isles.' Production place Polynesia, French Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti? Production period 18th Century, late, 19th Century, early Material pearlshell, coconut fibre, vegetable fibre Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1938.1.77
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

ornament
Description

Ornament made of rectangular pearlshell pieces with four holes holes drilled on each allowing them to be strung onto two-ply twisted coconut and vegetable fibre cord. One shell broken in half. Part of a Tahitian mourner's costume? Index card says: 'Headdress of New Zealand, Chief's wife, 2 rows of rectangular plates of mother of pearl, Maori' and in pencil 'Labelled as Caroline Isles.'
Production place

Polynesia, French Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti?
Production period

18th Century, late, 19th Century, early
Material

pearlshell, coconut fibre, vegetable fibre

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