Breast Ornament
2003-33-108
From: New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 2003-33-108 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Shell | Plant Fiber | Bark |
| Description | Large oval piece of bailer (?) shell, colored brown on convex side. Twisted fiber cord attached near top by loops of fiber secured to turtle shell bar on the other (concave) side. Turtle shell bar carved to represent crocodile, with heads at both ends. Bar 7.5 cm. long. Convex side white. |
| Height | 13.5 cm |
| Width | 15.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1993.X.246 - Other Number | CIVIC1993.X.246 - Other Number |
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