Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1986-0002-0009 | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Headband / shell lei | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Marquesan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marquesas Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Shells; Cloth; String | |
| Description | Headband made from long continuous strand of small snail shells that are strung on commercial white string and then coiled around a flexible tubular core made from an unidentified white cloth; Shells are either yellow or reddish colored (possibly dyed) and are strung in groups of one or the other color, so that when coiled, they produce a pattern of alternating yellow and red color segments. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 2.5, Max Diam = ca. 23.5 | |