Breast ornament
Carved with a head at each end, the eyes inlaid with bone and obsidian. Worn by high-ranking males.
“Collected by R.F.S. Merrick in 1924-25, during the British Scientific Expedition to the Pacific.” Transferred from WoodSpring Museum, Weston-super-mare, in 1974.
W.563 x DP.255mm
“Collected by R.F.S. Merrick in 1924-25, during the British Scientific Expedition to the Pacific.” Transferred from WoodSpring Museum, Weston-super-mare, in 1974.
W.563 x DP.255mm
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 64/1974/22
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Personal ornament
- Collection Area Region
- POLYN
- Material
- woodboneobsidian
- Common Name
- breast ornament
- Simple Name
- ornament
- Production County
- Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
- Production Country
- Easter Island (Special Territory of Chile)
- Production Year High
- 1925
