Artifact Number:
 06127

Object:
Headdress
Pa'e ku'a

Material:
 COCONUT SHELL, COCONUT FIBER, FEATHER

Dimensions:
 23 x 17 x 17 cm

Origin:
  Nuku Hiva, Marquesas, Polynesia

Comments:
 "Sacred hat" -- Feather headdress once belonging to a native chief of Nuku Hiva. The red feathers are from the extinct kua (parakeet).



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