Forehead Ornament
52-35-2
From: Marquesas Islands
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 52-35-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Marquesas Islands |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Shell | Turtle Shell | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Plaited fibre band originally completely covered with three rows of small pierced shell discs with tortoise shell ornamentation (some now missing); a large shell plaque overlaid with tortoise shell at each end. Attached to top edge are eleven large plaques, six of tortoise shell with elaborate carved design including stylized human figure, and five of white shell. |
| Height | 9.5 cm |
| Length | 47 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Anonymous Donor, 1952 |
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