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Kiekie of stylized flowers with red cloth edging and glass buttons
Kiekie of stylized flowers with red cloth edging and glass buttons
Object Number 2019.10.29
Display Title Kiekie of stylized flowers with red cloth edging and glass buttons
Descriptions
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date 1953 or earlier
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Tonga
Materials Plant fiber , Cloth , Glass , Dye , Thread
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Rebecca Shore, Hannah Powell, Kaethe Shore and John Joseph Shore in honor of Dr. S. Langi Kavaliku (Harvard BA, 1961), Fuiva Kavaliku, and the people of Tonga.
Provenance
Collector Edward A. Shore
Collector Joan Oliver Shore (1927)
Donor Donated by Rebecca Shore (3/11/2019)
Donor Donated by Kaethe Shore (3/11/2019)
Donor Donated by John Joseph Shore (3/11/2019)
Donor Donated by Hannah Powell (3/11/2019)

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