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Breast ornament Breast ornament

Breast ornament comprising a slab of wood fringed with red-dyed goat hair, the centre covered with black cloth and decorated with coloured paper and a row of Job's tears, worn by young men: Assam, Kohima, Angami Nagas

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Breast ornament (thatsu), male, wood decorated on one side with rows of cowrie shell and overlapping red-dyed, black and white goat hair surrounded by a fringe of red-dyed goat hair with a cloth strap: India, Assam, Angami Naga

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Breast ornament, nearly circular, consisting of pearl shell inlaid in sperm whale ivory with stars and bordered with segments of the same material, worn by high-ranking men: Pacific Peoples, Fiji

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Breast ornament, in form of a square of hide, ornamented with a series of overlapping groups of incisor teeth from the jaw of caribou, probably shamanic: North America, Canada, Nunavut Territory, Hudson Bay, Southampton Island, Inuit, early 20th century

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Breast ornament or kap-kap made from a piece of turtle shell cut to represent a stylized frigate bird, and attached to a ground shell disc: Melanesian, Santa Cruz Islands, early 20th century

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Ornament (kapkap), brow or breast ornament made from a circle of clam shell (Tridacna) overlaid with an openwork of turtle-shell and worn as a symbol of authority or power: Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, 19th century

Brow ornament Brow ornament

Ornament (kapkap), brow or breast ornament made from a circle of clam shell (Tridacna) overlaid with an openwork of turtle-shell and worn as a symbol of authority or power: Oceania, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Admiralty Islands, 19th century

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Breast ornament formed of a disc of cymbium shell and a thin perforated plate of turtleshell: Melanesian, Admiralty Islands, Nares Bay

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Circular breast ornament of shell and tortoiseshell: Melanesian, Admiralty Islands

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Breast ornament or heitiki of jade, carved in the form of a human figure with bulbous eyes: New Zealand,Taranaki area, Māori

Breast ornament Breast ornament

Breast ornament or heitiki of jade carved in the form of a human figure: New Zealand

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