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Hei ku`a (headdress)

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NameHei ku`a (headdress)

ProductionUnknown; 1800s; Marquesas Islands

Classificationheaddresses

Materialssennit, feather, tapa

DimensionsOverall: 405mm (width), 330mm (height)

Registration NumberOL000204

Credit lineOldman Collection. Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1992

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Category

Made of: sennit
feather
tapa
Type of: headdresses
Depicts: Headdresses
Feathers
Clothing & dress
Influenced by: Polynesian
Oceanic
Marquesan

Place

Made in: Marquesas Islands (Polynésie française)
Influenced by: Marquesas Islands (Polynésie française)

People & Organisations

Belonged to: William Ockleford Oldman