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Object Number
46-78-70/2363
Display Title
Breast ornament composed of vertical arrangement of boar tusks and +
Descriptions
Object Description
Breast ornament composed of vertical arrangement of boar tusks and +
Inventory Description
Ornament, boar tusk edging on woven fiber strip covered with seed and resin
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Dimensions
Overall: 34 x 22.3 x 2.4 cm (13 3/8 x 8 3/4 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
34
Label on object
46-78-70/2363/ 64
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Ernest T. Jackson
(01/01/1880-01/01/1900)
Donor
Mr. Patrick T. Jackson
(11/27/1946)
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