prmlogo2Cook-Voyage Collections
at the Pitt Rivers Museum

1886.1.1685

PRM0001303005179Headdress, tamau, of human hair, from the Society Islands; part of the Forster collection (Forster 40; 1867.1.1685)

 

 

   PRM0001303065179Side view
PRM0001303075179Front view
PRM0001302965179Tamau, as found on Tahitian mourner’s costume
PRM0001302945179Tamau, as found on Tahitian mourner’s costume
PRM0001302985179Microscope image of tamau braid
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