Artifact Number:
 1971.198.001B

Object:
Religious
MOURNER'S COSTUME

Material:
 WOOD, SHELL, FEATHER

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Origin:
 Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia

Comments:
 JANUARY, 1972. BREASTPLATE OF MOURNER'S COSTUME. Gorgette of wood, shell, feather and shell plates bound with cord (part of a life-size Tahitian mourner's costume of various pieces). See Accession file for extensive description. Per catalog card: "probably collected on Cook's second voyage."



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