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Body armour Body armour

Body armour with high back to protect the neck and head, of plaited coir string with lozenges of human hair: Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati

Sword Sword

Sword of palmwood with edges grooved and fitted with shark's teeth secured by sinnet, with band of shark's skin and coir wrist loop: Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati

Dress Dress

Man's dress or armour in two pieces made of plaited coir fibre: Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati

Coconut husk Coconut husk

Section of coconut husk: Micronesia, Republic of Kiribati

Drinking cup Drinking cup

Drinking cup of polished coconut shell, with web handle of woven coir: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Headdress Headdress

Headdress (peue kavii) formed of black frigate bird feathers (otu) covering a crescentic core with ties of flat plaited coir. The black feathers are accented with red, green-yellow feathers at one end of the crescent: Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, before 1895

Grater, yam Grater, yam

Yam grater of cane stalks bound together with coir cord: Melanesia, Vanuatu, Efate or Vati, late 19th century

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