item details
NamePārae (Heaaddress)
ProductionUnknown; 1700s; Tahiti
Classificationheaddresses, ceremonial objects
Materialsmother of pearl, sennit, turtle shell
Materials Summary coconut fibre (sennit) ; pearl shell (Pinctada magaritifera); Frigate bird (Fregata magnificens); Giant mussel (Atrina Vexillum), White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
Registration NumberFE000336/2
Credit lineGift of Lord St Oswald, 1912