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Catalog Number |
CAS 0147-0070 | |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Ornament | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Marquesan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marquesas Islands | |
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| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | unknown (pre-1906) | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Human hair | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 8.5, Thickness = 3.0, Length = ca. 10.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0147-0071 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Ornament | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Marquesan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marquesas Islands | |
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| Other Geographic Data | ||
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | unknown (pre-1906) | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Human hair | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 13.0, Thickness = 3.0, Length = ca. 10.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0147-0072 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Ornament | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Marquesan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marquesas Islands | |
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| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | unknown (pre-1906) | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Human hair | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 9.0, Thickness = 3.0, Length = ca. 11.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0147-0074 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Ornament | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Marquesan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marquesas Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid to late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Human hair; Sennit fiber | |
| Description | Ornament made from several bundles of hair taken from the beard of an elderly man; One end of each bundle is bound with braided sennit fiber and the separate braids are then joined into a single bundle; Because the human body was more or less considered sacred, and the head was the most sacred part of the body, hair from the head of a respected elder was especially powerful; Ornaments such as these were highly prized and were worn in headdresses or attached to one's clothing or person. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 2.0, Length = ca. 16.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0147-0075 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Ornament | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Marquesan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marquesas Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid to late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Human hair | |
| Description | Ornament made from several bundles of hair taken from the beard of an elderly man; One end of each bundle is bound with braided sennit fiber and the separate braids are then joined into a single bundle; Because the human body was more or less considered sacred, and the head was the most sacred part of the body, hair from the head of a respected elder was especially powerful; Ornaments such as these were highly prized and were worn in headdresses or attached to one's clothing or person. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 3.5, Length = ca. 15.0 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0147-0076 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Ornament | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Marquesan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Marquesas Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | mid to late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Human hair | |
| Description | Ornament made from several bundles of hair taken from the beard of an elderly man; One end of each bundle is bound with braided sennit fiber and the separate braids are then joined into a single bundle; Because the human body was more or less considered sacred, and the head was the most sacred part of the body, hair from the head of a respected elder was especially powerful; Ornaments such as these were highly prized and were worn in headdresses or attached to one's clothing or person. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 5.0, Length = ca. 19.0 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0039 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Headband / shell lei | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Samoan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Samoa | |
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| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Shells; Commercial cloth; Thread | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 3.5, Max Diam = ca. 25.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0287-0003A,B |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Textiles | |
| Object Name | Tapa cloth belts (2) | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Samoan | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Samoa | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1870s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Mulberry bark | |
| Description | Pair of belt-like objects, each consisting of a rectangular sheet of tapa cloth with short fringes along one short end, tightly folded many times; Although separate items, the two belts are tied together at each end with a short length of pandanus-like fiber. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 3.5, Thickness = 0.7, Length = ca. 70.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0008-0150 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Head ornament | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tahitian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Society Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Tahiti | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Pape'ete | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | Rollo Beck Collection (South Pacific) | |
| Materials | Grass | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = ca. 17.0, Max Diam = ca. 14.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1998-0002-0016 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Basketry | |
| Object Name | Purse | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tahitian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Society Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Tahiti | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1925 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Pandanus fiber; Aniline dyes; Metal | |
| Description | Rectangular purse of narrow pandanus fiber strips that are woven in simple (over one, under one) plaiting technique; Bottom and side edges of purse form their own selvages; Reverse side of purse extends up and folds over front to form triangular flap; Front and back of purse are decorated with parallelograms woven of dyed (red and gray) pandanus strips that are woven in overlay technique; Braided pandanus fiber strap is woven into upper corners of purse; Small metal snap is sewn to underside of front flap. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 26.5, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 19.7 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1998-0002-0017 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Basketry | |
| Object Name | Purse | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tahitian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Society Islands | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Tahiti | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1925 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Pandanus fiber; Aniline dyes; Thread | |
| Description | Rectangular purse of pandanus fiber strips that are woven in simple (over one, under one) plaiting technique; Lower portion is woven of narrow strips and upper 5 cm are woven of medium width strips; Side edges of purse form their own selvages, while bottom edge is machine sewn together with thread; Front and back of purse are decorated with band of pink and green parallelograms and narrow pink zigzag band, woven in overlay technique; Braided pandanus fiber strap is sewn with thread inside upper corners of purse. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 23.0, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 20.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2006-0003-0020 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Basketry | |
| Object Name | Armband | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tongan (?) | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Tonga | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | ||
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1973 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Metal: Tin; Pandanus fiber | |
| Description | Armband woven of natural and dyed black pandanus strips that are woven in a plaiting technique over a foundation of a metal band (probably cut from a tin can, including the rim); Dyed pandanus strips are wrapped vertically around interior and exterior of metal band and undyed pandanus strips are plaited on exterior in horizontal position, forming a geometric pattern of black and white diamonds alternating with pairs of checkerboard triangles. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 5.5, Max Diam = 10.6 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2011-0004-0014 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tongan, Samoan, or Fijian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Tonga, Samoa or Fiji | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1984 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Commercial cloth; Chicken feathers; Aniline dye | |
| Description | Belt made up of 8 large pompoms of dyed red chicken feathers, each made by aligning feathers in row, twining them together and then twisting the whole bundle so the twining is concealed in the center of the bundle; Three strips of commercial pale blue cloth are braided together to form a belt, and the feather bundles are spaced along the length of the belt; The fabric strips are tied in a knot at each end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 23.0, Thickness = ca. 9.8, Length = ca. 82.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2011-0004-0015 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Basketry | |
| Object Name | Belt | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tongan, Samoan, or Fijian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Tonga, Samoa or Fiji | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1984 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Coconut fiber; Commercial cloth | |
| Description | Belt made from pieces of coconut fiber which have been aligned and the outer edges wrapped in commercial black bias or twill tape; Additional pieces of coconut fiber have been cut into teardrop shapes and similarly edged in black bias or twill tape and then four of these shapes have been aligned and sewn together, and finally each group of four have been sewn to the belt so that they hang suspended from the belt; A white metal hook clasp is sewn on the reverse at one end of the belt and a corresponding eye hook is sewn on the front at the opposite end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = ca. 25.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = ca. 75.0 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2011-0004-0026 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Basketry | |
| Object Name | Purse | |
| Culture | Polynesian: Tongan, Samoan, or Fijian | |
| Global Region | Oceania | |
| Country | Tonga, Samoa or Fiji | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1984 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Pandanus fiber; Plastic | |
| Description | Purse in the shape of a fish, woven of pandanus fibers in a simple tapestry weave; Interior of purse is lined with pieces cut from a commercially woven plastic bag; Exterior is decorated with pieces of pandanus fiber that are cut and machine-sewn in rows to resemble fish scales; Single braided handle is incorporated into purse’s rim. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 16.0, Width = 36.0, Thickness = 6.1 | |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0129-0001 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments; Basketry | |
| Object Name | Hat | |
| Culture | Pomo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | California | |
| County | Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots; Sedge (Carex sp.) roots; Bulrush (Scirpus sp.) roots; Clam shell beads | |
| Description | Oval hat with a wide flat brim; Woven in 3-rod coil technique; Warp material is peeled willow shoots and primary weft material is sedge roots; Design is woven of dyed bulrush roots and consists of terraced diamonds and whirling log motifs (swastikas) on crown, sides, and brim of hat; Rim of hat is decorated along edge with 78 clam shell disc beads strung on string and sewn periodically to the hat's final coiled bundle. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.9, Width = 30.7, Length = 34.0 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0513-0178 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Amulet | |
| Culture | Rendille | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Ivory (elephant); Metal wire; Plastic beads | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 4.9, Max Diam = 2.4 |
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0513-0136A,B |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Ankle bells | |
| Culture | Rendille | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Metal; Goat leather | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 7.6, Thickness = 1.7, Length = 28.5 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0513-0169 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Charm | |
| Culture | Rendille | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Ivory (elephant) | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.2, Thickness = 2.2, Length = 9.8 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0513-0170 |  |
| Category | Accessories/Ornaments | |
| Object Name | Charm | |
| Culture | Rendille | |
| Global Region | Sub-Saharan Africa | |
| Country | Kenya | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Marsabit, Rendilleland | |
| Maker's Name | ||
| Date of Manufacture | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Ivory (elephant) | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.4, Length = 7.2 |
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