Headdress Of A Spinous Fish Skin, Helmet

Object Details

Donor Name

Us Consul Isaac M. Brower

Per Dr. Stephanie Leclerc-Caffarel, there were two Kiribati porcupine fish skin helmets numbered E102250, when there was only supposed to be one with that number. She identified one of these helmets (which has the word "Fjii" written inside it) as # E23956. She also noted that the Fiji attribution for 23956 was incorrect, and so the cultural identification has been changed to Kiribati.

Helmet, te barantauti, made of skin of the porcupine fish. Worn by warriors of the Kiribati in Micronesia.

Record Last Modified

28 Nov 2017

Specimen Count

1

Culture

Gilbertese

Accession Date

12 Jul 1876

Accession Number

005306

USNM Number

E23956-0

Object Type

Helmet

Place

Kiribati Islands, Kiribati, Micronesia

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Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8371345

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31650def2-49ec-4811-a28e-a1af1658dec2