Gorget

Description

Gorget from a ceremonial dress, consisting of a semi-elliptical framework of cane covered with plaited sinnet and decorated with three rows of sharks' teeth upon a background of black feathers: Polynesian, from the Society Islands, 18th or 19th century

Museum reference

A.1956.1025

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Gorget

Production information

Society Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia

Date

18th - 19th century

Materials

Cane, Shark tooth, Feather, Pearl-shell

Physical description

Framework of cane covered with plaited sinnet and decorated with three rows of sharks' teeth upon a background of black feathers

Associations

Collector: Cook, James, Captain, 1728 - 1779
Previous owner: Sir John Pringle

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