Te tauti (Porcupine) fish helmet

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Te tauti (Porcupine) fish helmet

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This is a warrior's helmet, made from the dried skin of a porcupine fish (Diodon sp., probably Diodon hystrix), lined with plaited pandanus strips. The skin is oriented so that the tail forms a peak at the back and the two fins form wings on either side. The lining has been partly plaited to fit, like a rounded basket, but then cut and overlapped in three places so that it fits snugly. The base is edged with a roll of plant fibre which has been neatly sewn to the edge of the skin with a blank...

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Date created

1900s

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/267666

Related subjects

human hair / plant fibre / sennit / Pandanus (textile) / helmets / Micronesian / Banaban / Kiribati / Sir Albert Ellis

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