Breast ornament

Description

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

Museum reference

A.1899.242

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Breast ornament

Production information

Nares Harbour, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Arch., Papua New Guinea, Melanesia

Materials

Cymbium shell, Turtle-shell

Physical description

Disc of cymbium shell, thin perforated plate of turtleshell

Exhibitions

• Facing the Sea (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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