445697 Armour (cuirass) from Kiribati, 1800s (coconut palm leaf, sennit & human hair) by South Pacific, (19th century); 96x66 cm; Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand; (add.info.: The area now called Kiribati has been inhabited by Micronesians speaking the same Oceanic language since sometime between 3000 BC and AD 1300. The area was not isolated; invaders from Tonga and Samoa, and from Fiji, later introduced Polynesian and Melanesian cultural aspects, respectively. Intermarriage has resulted in a significant degree of cultural homogenisation); 穢 Museum of New Zealand te Papa Tongarewa ; out of copyright.