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Man's headdress (paehaka), French Polynesian, (19th CE?). It consists of alternating plates of turtle-shell and white triton shell. The turtle-shell plates are carved in low relief with complete and partial human figures, called tiki in Marquesan. Inv. ET Oc1934,-.3.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART306581
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3600px × 2496px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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19th century CE
Carving
Headdress
Polynesian Cultures
Relief
Shell