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Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114a_overall.jpg)
Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114a_overall.jpg)
Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114a_overall.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114a_overall.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114c_component1.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114c_component1.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114b_detail2.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114b_detail2.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114c_component2.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114c_component2.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114b_detail3.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114b_detail3.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114a_detail1.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114a_detail1.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114d_component1.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114d_component1.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114b_overall.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114b_overall.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114b_detail1.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114b_detail1.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114d_component2.jpg)

Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114d_component2.jpg)

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Royal Hair Costume

Arts of the Pacific Islands

MAKER Kaimoko Family
CULTURE Marquesan
MEDIUM Hair, sennit, barkcloth
  • Place Collected: Atuona Valley, Marquesas Islands, Hiva Oa, French Polynesia
    • DATES 16th–early 17th century
    DIMENSIONS a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm) b: 10 5/8 × 1 3/16 × 13 3/4 in. (27 × 3 × 35 cm) c: 3 9/16 × 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9 × 1.5 × 9 cm) d: 7/8 × 13/16 × 7 7/8 in. (2.3 × 2 × 20 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 42.211.114a-d
    CREDIT LINE A. Augustus Healy Fund
    PROVENANCE Until 1938, reportedly with the Kaimoko family of the Marquesas Islands; by 1938, reportedly purchased from the Kaimoko family by Thor Heyerdahl of Lillehammer, Norway; May 1942, purchased from Thor Heyerdahl by the Brooklyn Museum.
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    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Royal costume of hair. The costume consists of: A- One neckpiece (poekaki); B- one girdle (poekooi); C1 and C2- two wrist bands (poeima); D1 and D2-two leg bands, worn below the knees (poeavaevae). The hair is fastened to a band of braided coconut fiber and each piece is fastened with coconut fiber cord and barkcloth cords.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Kaimoko Family. Royal Hair Costume, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114a_overall.jpg)
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    Kaimoko Family. <em>Royal Hair Costume</em>, 16th–early 17th century. Hair, sennit, barkcloth, a: 1 3/16 × 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (3 × 30 × 23 cm). Brooklyn Museum, A. Augustus Healy Fund, 42.211.114a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.42.211.114a_overall.jpg)

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