- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Wreath or chaplet worn round the head or hat, made of white shells strung closely together in groups of 6. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 9/6/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Tuamoto Archipelago
- Person
- Field collector Charles Smith
- PRM source The Executors of the Charles Smith Estate
- PRM source Alfred T. Collier
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1908
- Date collected
- By 1908
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1923
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell, Material String, Process Perforated, Process Strung
- Dimensions
- Length: max 645 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1923.87.323
Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Ornament, Head Ornament, Headgear
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