British Museum girdle Oc.6347
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Origin and findspot
Made at: Easter Island
Passage: Production place
Recorded in: British Museum · British Museum collection record for British Museum girdle Oc.6347
Reported holding and location
Sources may describe historical holdings or locations.
Reported holder: British Museum
Passage: Collection record
Recorded in: British Museum · British Museum collection record for British Museum girdle Oc.6347
Articles about this object
MoSA publication
Rau'oho (cabello humano)
Paula Rossetti, Leo Pakarati, Ana María Arredondo · Published in Spanish (Chile)
El valor del cabello humano, rau'oho, y su relación con los ancestros, las ceremonias y las tablillas rongo-rongo.
Source accounts
Rau'oho (cabello humano) (0 claims)
Reference: MoSA article: Rau'oho (cabello humano)
Source author: Paula Rossetti, Leo Pakarati, Ana María Arredondo
British Museum collection record for British Museum girdle Oc.6347 (10 claims)
Reference: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Oc-6347_1
Source author: British Museum
Catalogue number: british-museum: Oc.6347
Passage: Museum number
Reported holder: British Museum
Passage: Collection record
Classification: girdle
Passage: Object Type
Description: Man's girdle made of human hair cord, with a barkcloth fastening cord.at each end.
Passage: Description
Made at: Easter Island
Passage: Production place
Description: Found/Acquired: Easter Island
Passage: Findspot
Material: human hair bark
Passage: Materials
Description: Length: 553 centimetres (approx.) Width: 34 centimetres (approx) Depth: 7 centimetres (approx.)
Passage: Dimensions
Description: Donated by: John Linton Palmer
Passage: Acquisition name
Description: Registration slip information: 'Presd by J.L Palmer Esq. M.D., R.N., April 18 1870. Obtained by the donor at Easter Id. during the cruise of HMS Topaze, 1868.'
Passage: Acquisition notes
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