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Headdress (pa'e kea or pa'e kaha) consisting of a woven band of coconut husk fibre adorned with small circular pieces of shiny shell, mostly layered in pairs, and topped with a small asterisk design of turtle shell. The woven band tapers on each side, ending in loops, through which plaited coconut husk fibre is attached on both sides for tying. Both tapered end is topped with triangular pieces of shiny shell and a cut-out design in turtle shell. Attached are alternating plaques of carved turtle shell and white shell adorned with human images (tiki) and geometric designs in low relief. The shells are pierced and strung together.
Rectangular woven bag. Cut pieces of grass are woven together, with the intact ends left out as fringe. Blue decorations are attached in a row to the woven area between each line of fringe. The back of the bag is plain. A short plaited cord of coconut fibre(?) is attached to the top of each side. The bag has a creased down the centre, and then two more lesser creases where it was folded again in thirds.
Coconut nutshell with large hole cut in top, and a hollowed-out interior. Letters 'PB' carved on outside. A small piece of tape is adhered to the shell with the collector's number written on it.
Carved wooden pipe. The tapering stem has two human (tiki) figures (broken). Bowl has a tiki figure attached on one side. There is a separate small carving (part b) which appears to have once belonged to the pipe?
Possibly a nose flute? Large cylindrical flute-shaped instrument of bamboo stem. The flute has split on an angle into two pieces. One piece (part a) is larger, and the other piece (part b) has a triangular notch and a hole through to the opposite side. Various designs have been burned(?) into the wood: concentric circles; zigzags; hourglass; and zoomorphic figures. (Small piece of tape with collector number adhered to one end.)
Bundle of tightly plaited coconut husk fibre(?). Cord is coiled into a loose bundle, and loosely wrapped around itself several times. (Small grey label attached to rope.)
Bundle of plaited coconut husk fibre(?). Cord is coiled into a small bundle, and loosely wrapped around itself a few times.
Whale tooth on a twisted cord of coconut fibre and mulberry fibre(?). The interior of the cord is a reddish-brown fibre, which is wrapped in greyish-white fibre. The cord runs through a hole bored in the tooth, and is loosely knotted at the ends. A human figure, two feathers or leaves and part of a human face are carved into the polished surface of the tooth.
Tassel head ornament (pavahina) on a plaited fibre cord. The tassel consists of many small bunches of greyish-yellow hair bound by twisted strands of coconut fibre. Those bunches are then bound again by coconut fibre into fifteen bunches. The upper ends of the coconut fibre are woven across with undyed fibre and black hair.
Four bundles of plaited human hair. Each bundle is made of many different cords, bound by fibre or hair. The first bundle (part a) has a collector's tag attached, the second bundle (part b) has looped ends, the third (part c) has a coconut fibre tie in the middle of the bundle, with plaited hair wrapped around itself at the ends, and the fourth (part d) is a small bundle with two ties of plaited hair.