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Description: A wreath of white, beige and purple land shells, on a vegetable fibre cord: a 'lei' to be worn on the head. Old label in Julia Boyd's hand: 'these shells grow on the fai trees or native bananas and are worn as wreaths on the head by natives of Tahiti; and of the other islands in the South Pacific'. Material: land shell Material: vegetable fibre Source: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Identifier: emu.ecatalogue.ethnography.63856 Go to resource More Like this...
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