COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MIA_.90.79
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Sculpture
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Pacific; Melanesian; New Guinean; Papuan
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Name-CRT:
artist unknown
Title:
Breast ornament
View:
Front
Creation Date:
19th century
Creation Start Date:
1800
Creation End Date:
1899
Materials and Techniques:
shell, tortoise shell
Classification Term:
ornament
Dimensions:
D.3-5/8 in.
Component Measured:
diameter only
Measurement Unit:
in
AMICA Contributor:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number:
90.79
Credit Line:
The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Context:
The design of the tortoise shell openwork on this kapkap is said to relate to the mataling, or the eye of fire found on malagan sculptures.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MIA_.1585c.tif
